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Each individual reacts differently when the news that they are diagnosed by cancer is broken to them. However, shock and fear are two reactions that are shared by all the cancer patients first they know about their disease. Cancer is not a light disease you can just ignore and cure easily. Death is always threatening them. Therefore, it is totally understandable if cancer patients are having difficult time coping their illness.

One of the reasons why cancer becomes such a frightening word to patients is because they already imagine the painful and tiring treatment they will have to go through. The painful surgeries and complicated treatments with side effects can let the patient’s mental down at once. Then other issues such as financial support and employment may add to the patient’s stress.

The one ultimate way to cope with those fears is by getting enough information about the disease and the treatments that will be going through. Knowing the details and what is really going on can give the sense that the patient’s the one who is taking the control, therefore give the patient the sense of safety. Talking to the doctor in charge also will be very helpful as the preparation to undergo the process of healing treatment. Discuss with the doctor things that can make the patient feel more comfortable. When the patient feel relax and comfortable with the treatment s/he receives, s/he can face the treatment with much less anxiety and fear and therefore can focus his/her energy on defeating the disease.