Ask the expert
QI have cancer and I’m being told I must ‘fight’ it. What does this even mean?
A What it doesn’t mean is that whether you will recover is down to how hard you try. There’s little evidence that we can ‘beat’ cancer by force of will. If we’re in pain or feeling ill, we may not have the energy to ‘fight’, or may even feel guilty about not ‘trying’.
How we cope is up to us – there is no right or wrong. Some people react by being ‘positive’ and busy, researching
