Poll: do you think that having cancer makes someone a warrior/brave/hero?

[adquidorator]

Yes it does

no, it makes you unfortunate

[JustinCaseUDontKnow]

Cancer if one survives can make you a hero, i knew this guy had
pancreatic cancer and by rights he could of died cause that type of
cancer has a low survival rate and i was in hospital with him here
he was sneaking in middle of night smoking cigarettes in the bathroom
cause he wake me up with the smoke smell and this man survived
but never gave the cigarettes up so who knows why people do them things
but it's unfortunate for guys like Michael Landon had his whole life ahead
of him and loss his battle to pancreatic cancer. I've loss so many family
members cause we carry a gene if we smoke we have a high risk of
developing smoking related cancers but so many never seem to care.

[Anonymous]

A lot of people haven't experienced a chronic disease and I have and believe me, it FORCES you to be brave. When you're faced with an intermittent danger, you can either crawl up or fight for your life. Knowing that you will be suffering and be forced to continue fighting for decades to come takes bravery. Everyday you are suffering and you can just end it with a pistol to your head but you choose to not give up.

[adquidorator]

I don't think you can be forced into being brave, it has to be a choice.

[Hannah591]

Someone who's a hero is someone who puts their life in danger for a positive benefit, usually to say someone's life, so no it's not heroic. There is some level of bravery involved to go through with the treatment and being brave about basically facing your potential death. I don't know why people say all those things. I would just like support, not have my picture shared all over Facebook for likes = prayers and having people saying I'm a hero for having faulty cells.

[fauchelevent]

I think that having cancer does make you brave. The actual... Having it part doesn't make you brave, if you get what I mean, but it forces you into dealing with things and stepping up and making choices and I think that you do have to be brave to deal with it. It doesn't make you a hero though, and it depends on your definition of a warrior.

[JohnnyBananas]

I've had cancer. It just depends how you take cancer on. If you don't pity yourself and be optimistic, I think it make you brave. I know it's a hard thing to endure, especially when it could be terminal but being positive despite whatever odds you are facing is imperative and healthy to what's going on. That's my take. I don't wish cancer on anyone, not even my worst enemy.

[Mistnigqa808]

"no, it makes you unfortunate" Unless ___ volunteered for cancer somehow (IDK who would) that's the only way I'd ever consider ___ brave or if ___ became a test subject on top of gaining cancer on purpose all in order to help find a cure I guess.

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[lifeis4living]

It's brave, and unfortunate. It doesn't discriminate and could happen to a anyone, but for people who go through it are certainly brave, to stay strong for their family, and even more so to the people with it, raise money for it, and provide knowledge to others who could suffer from it.

[Outofthegrey]

Not really. I have a friend who had a pretty aggressive form of cancer that is now in remission, and he always said to me that it bothers him when people tell him that he's brave for fighting it. His exact words were "I don't get it, it's not like I got a choice and then said "yeah I'd like to have cancer so I can fight it", I'm just dealing with life's shit"

[Anonymous]

i don't think that dealing with the cards you were dealt makes you a hero necessarily. are you strong for fighting it? yeah. but you're not much different than most other people on the planet, you're just one of the unlucky few that got dealt a bad hand.

[OlderAndWiser]

Someone is brave if they risk their life to try to save another person. Saving yourself from danger, or facing something that you have no choice but to face, is not brave; it is just doing what to need to do.

[-No0ne-]

My dad just died from lung cancer. He was, in many ways brave before he had cancer.

Now he is dead. That is what cancer makes someone.

Keep on smoking - say "hi" to my dad for me.

[Prettygurl12]

Depends how you handle it. Does it make you a hero? No. Not at all in any way.

Does it make you a warrior? Yeah, sure, if you fight it. Does it make you brave? Again, if you fight it.

[Ulyss]

No a warrior/brave/hero is a guy who is in the army or risk their life for the benefit of others without wanting anything in return

[JohnScofield787]

Depends on how they handle it.

Going to was doesn't make you brave. Hownyou handle it defines that.

[OrangeBoy]

It has to do, we have to grab the best we have to fight the worst. :/

[Anonymous]

no not really, but its nice to say uplifting things

[Anonymous]

makes you unfortunate is all.