A SURVIVOR or A WARRIOR, Stomach cancer treatment in Delhi, India | Dr. Neeraj Goel

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A SURVIVOR or A WARRIOR, Stomach cancer
treatment in Delhi, India Dr. Neeraj Goel A
SURVIVOR or A WARRIOR
I Always read, listen, see and use word CANCER
WARRIOR. Is a cancer patient - A SURVIVOR or is
he a WARRIOR? One of my patients who had cancer
of pancreas . I operated him around two years
back. He is an ex army. Very vocal and very
strong. He recovered well from a major
surgery.He has recieved chemotherapy after
surgery. Distinctly remember he had some
complications after chemotherapy for which he was
in intensive care for few weeks. Recovered well
with intensive care. Its always a delight to
see your patient standing tall in front of you
and surviving two years without disease
recurrence. He is same strong, vocal and happy
man that he was two years ago. I greeted him and
he reciprocated the same. I was going through
his reports, which were perfectly fine.
Instinctively I
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told him you are doing good. Please come to our
cancer survivor meeting on this date as you will
be a big motivation for other patients. Before I
could complete my sentence he interrupted and
said Doctor I am not a survivor , I am a
warrior. I dont survive, I win wars and I have
won my war against cancer and multiple death
scares. Please dont make the word cancer that
big that we are at its mercy to survive. I was
taken a little aback but realised that he is
saying the truth. Theses lines of his are still
echoing in my mind. Yes we have made the word
CANCER so big that we are striving for survival.
But it is ones spirit which is at war with this
disease and only a warrior spirit conquers. The
problems increases in size according to your
thoughts. You can make it big or small
yourself. To call a patient survivor is
demeaning the spirit of his fight and making the
disease bigger. They are the real warriors There
is no cancer survivor but there are cancer
warriors who conquer the adversary in cancer.