It is an interesting and very tight rope we learn to walk when fighting cancer. Positivity and optimism are almost as crucial (if not more) than the treatment itself. Many people are diagnosed and in their minds that is it. Upon hearing the news they go home, lock themselves away and accept an early death not even thinking they have a shot. This is not an irrational way of dealing with cancer and with all the evidence suggesting this is usually the end game, this way of thinking is totally understandable. The thing is though, this gets you nowhere and only makes what time you think you have left more and more devastating. The mental side of cancer is almost unbearable at times. Nobody wants to accept their own mortality and the fact that it is your own body that is trying to kill itself makes it exponentially worse. Staying positive and never once thinking that my end is anywhere near me has kept me going. I am not an id...