![]() ![]() ‘Haven’t you been brave enough or fought hard enough? ‘What does it mean if you lose the battle?’ she says. Ines believes that words like battling are best left to descriptions of war, not illness. Newspaper headlines often talk in these terms when describing a famous person diagnosed with cancer. Sometimes when someone dies as a result of cancer, they’re described as having lost their battle. People with cancer are frequently described as fighting a battle with their illness. We asked some Vita readers which words they do and don’t like using. Some people find certain words motivating, while others find them upsetting. Words that are often used to describe cancer such as ‘battling’ or ‘survivor’ can divide opinion among people who’ve been diagnosed with it. ![]()
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