Hank Green on the worst things about no longer having cancer:
During cancer you have a team of high status people actively working for your benefit. Suddenly, they are gone.
You are not actually done.
The cancer could return.
you have to monitor for the cancer’s return, so every weird thing your body does now feels threatening. This will never entirely go away.
You have made a bunch of cancer friends, some of whom are doing much worse than you.
The cancer and the treatment both leave a permanent mark on your body,
including permanent disability.
your you has gone through a one way transformation
Hank Green on the worst things about no longer having cancer:
During cancer you have a team of high status people actively working for your benefit. Suddenly, they are gone.
You are not actually done.
The cancer could return.
you have to monitor for the cancer’s return, so every weird thing your body does now feels threatening. This will never entirely go away.
You have made a bunch of cancer friends, some of whom are doing much worse than you.
The cancer and the treatment both leave a permanent mark on your body,
including permanent disability.
your you has gone through a one way transformation