Dear Amy: Six years ago, I developed a difficult cancer with a life expectancy of three to six months.
You are a chronically health-challenged person trying to integrate with people who have no idea — and no way of knowing — how hard you are working to experience the world as they do.I’m going to be presumptuous and write you a prescription: to lean in and resist the constant urge to “pass.”
If you believe that healthy people resent your need to be extremely careful, for instance by wearing a mask, then tell yourself that if they’d like to experience the life-changing effects of cancer, you’d be happy to switch places with them. Researching your question, I’ve found a helpful online group: “Cancersurvivors” on Reddit.com. Reading through the first several postings, I see that there are other people out there who understand what you are going through and who will fully support the “new you.”I’ve been teaching in post-secondary institutions for over 30 years. I’ve received likely thousands of course revaluations, and now, I get to “enjoy” ratemyprofessor.com.
I run some of these negative responses for two reasons: Because they are sometimes offering an important or useful correction, or they are representative of a large group of respondents.
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