Cancer Truth Note: #90
A cancer diagnosis can remove your tolerance for nonsense.
Just like reimaging what your life looks like and choosing to live it differently, so many cancer survivors have no tolerance for nonsense. We get a bit more comfortable calling people on their nonsense or simply deciding that we just are not available for it. You decide how people can treat you and what you are willing to do.
Do you feel like your BS meter might be a bit more fine-tuned post treatment?
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