What Makes A Good Body?

Cancer has one of the biggest effects on the patients mental health but also the patients loved ones and friends. It is one of the hardest things to get a grip on when the doctor tells someone that they have cancer and a fifty-fifty chance of making it. "The disease can bring many changes-in what people do and how they look, in how they feel and what they value" (Dakota 4). It makes people look at the world and their lives in a different way, valuing now what they took for granted and seeing the bigger picture in every scenario. It is something that no one can actually brace, even after the doctor tells them. Through it all though, the person must remain strong and optimistic because the cancer can affect the person's moods and in return affect the outcome of the person and the chances of their making it

Hazel grace was remarkably negative during her cancer battle. A quote from the book is, on page 99, Hazel says “I’m like. Like. I’m like a grenade, Mom. I’m a grenade and at some point I’m going to blow up. I just want to stay away from people… because there’s nothing I can do about hurting you” She was saying that she is going to die and she wants to stay away from people so they don’t end up being hurt.

Carr, B. (2013). Psychological aspects of cancer: A guide to emotional and psychological consequences of cancer, their causes and their management. New York: Springer.

Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States, exceeded only by heart disease. In 2011, more than 575,000 people died of cancer, and more than 1.5 million people had a diagnosis of cancer. Millions more have been affected by cancer directly post diagnosis or indirectly by taking care of a loved one that had been diagnosed with cancer. The actual cost of such a disease extends well beyond the number of lives lost and new diagnoses each year. Cancer survivors, as well as their family members, friends, and caregivers, may face physical, emotional, social, and spiritual challenges as a result of their cancer diagnosis and treatment. The financial costs of cancer also are overwhelming. According to the National Institutes of Health,

One that won’t give up. She goes through chemo-therapy, and depression without any respite. Through resilience and, some would say, God she survived terminal cancer through all odds and even her,☺ I-will-never-make-it-out-alive attitude, making her “Stronger” because of it. However at the start of the book Hazel was not as interested as fighting as she was when she met Augustus. Hazel needed motivation to bring out her inner champion and he was exactly that. An example of her early pessimistic views on her illness was described “Late in the winter of my seventeenth year, my mother decided I was depressed, presumably because I rarely left the house, spent quite a lot of time in bed, read the same book over and over, ate infrequently, and devoted quite a bit of my abundant free time to thinking about death.” (Green

Since she got sick she had to pullback socially and physically. Most cancer patients loose that. There’s never really fully a chance to connect to people when you’re stuck in a hospital most of the time and their rest of the time you spend at home still hooked up to machines. Cancer requires you to grow mentally. They can’t be the angry kid who has a negative outlook on life, which is normally how they end up. They begin to wonder why this awful thing had to happen to them. They get angry at everyone and everything because life just had to go pick this out of everything that could’ve happened. They get snappy because constantly being hooked up to machines all the time and seemingly never ending pain can do that to

For example, relationships between family members may strengthen and also relationships between one and the patient. During this time, many stories of better times with the patient will be said and thoughts of how the patient impacted their lives for the good. This will result in shared memories that will brighten up not only the day but also the mood. When the time comes that cancer has won its battle, many things will seem to run in one's mind. Not only thoughts of grief and sadness, but also the thoughts of how much of an impact one has made in the life of the patient who had passed. And at the end of the day, knowing that the life of the patient has been change due to the deeds that were done for them is a prize in its

They go through enormous physiological and psychological stressors once they diagnosed and throughout their treatment program. There is an immediate need of rehabilitation program for cancer patients to meet their physiological and psychological need. Those who try to manage their stress with risky behaviors such as smoking and drinking or they live sedentary lives can lead to poor quality of life during their diagnosis and their treatment (Harding, M. 2012). On the other hand people with the good coping mechanism, they deal their stressors with effective relaxation technique and have less psychological and physiological stress related to cancer and its treatment. Evidence from experimental studies shows that psychological stress increases the tumor to grow and advance quickly. As a nurse, we should provide emotional and social support that can help patient to cope effectively with their psychological stressors (Andrykowski et al., 2008). This will help them reduce anxiety and also assist them in adopting good coping behavior for example participation in yoga and meditation. Other approaches of good coping behaviors are exercise, participating in counseling and attending cancer education programs (NCI, 2015). Also, people who used to exercise before their cancer diagnosis they cannot return to their same level of physical activity due to fatigue and pain. As

Cancer is one of the top leading causes of terminal illness and death, and it takes the support of family and friends to help overcome many of the feelings that can occur before, during, and after a diagnosis. It is often difficult to understand how to cope with the feelings associated with losing people that you love and care about and watching other people that are affected suffer emotionally along with the ailing family member or friends. Emotional challenges are faced regarding what can be done to help the patient, family, and friends handle personal emotions throughout the duration of the illness and the stages of grief. A person that is dealing with a terminal illness, a family member, or friend must find a way to effectively handle and overcome the devastating feelings associated with having a loved one being diagnosed or passing away after a long terminal illness. There are different stages of grief and options available for any negative feelings associated with handling the illness and acknowledging the anticipated loss of a loved one. The grieving and coping process involves behavioral and emotional reactions, like shock and sadness, and then acceptance and understanding while working towards healing or rebuilding life.

Chapter 1 – Hazel depressed: Fixated on death. Everything is a side-effect of dying, cancer and even depression. Attends a support group sponsored by the church. Sixteen originally thyroid cancer spread to lungs. Friends Isaac, had eye tumour with one eye removed. Meet Augustus Waters, who denies the cigarette to kill him by not lighting it. (Metaphorical resonance)

In the story The Fault in Our Stars, the main character, Hazel Grace Lancaster ha stage four thyroid cancer. Her doctor, Maria, prescribed a drug named Phalanxifor controlled the cancer. This drug was a miracle drug which did not work on most patients but worked on Hazel. She carries an oxygen tank with her because she had trouble breathing cause of fluid getting in her lungs. Hazel went to a support group which started a new phase in her life. Before Hazel was put in the support group, she felt like she had no life. Her mom though Hazel was depressed and had no friends. At the support group that was held “every Wednesday in the basement of a stone-walled Episcopal church shaped like a cross” (Green, 4). Hazel made a couple of friends at the support group. But there was one boy the Hazel really liked. His name was Augustus Waters but people call him Gus as a nickname. Augustus Waters, a seventeen year old boy, had osteosarcoma which is a cancer in the leg. He ended up having a prosthetic leg.

Hazel is almost always speaking of her cancer, whether it's with how long she has to live or the story shows us how difficult it is for her and her family and those around her to live with cancer, it also shows the troubles that come with it. Hazel and Gus relate to their cancer though laughter, Gus showed Hazel that even if they had a limited time to live that they can still enjoy their life and still have fun and that cancer does not control their life. Gus was successfully able to make Hazel rethink how she thought about cancer to the point where she left the house and spent time with Gus eventually falling in love with each other until the end. Neither Gus or Hazel ignore the cancer, for a majority of the movie it is thought that Gus is

Cancer is a part of both Hazel and Gus's lives, but both have different ways to manage what life has bestowed upon them. 
 Hazel and Gus both have ways that their cancer relates to them and whether or not they defined themselves by it. Hazel relates to her cancer because she has her oxygen tank with her 24/7.

Hazel flawlessly describes her pain at multiple points in the book. One definition is, “Even then, it hurt. The pain was always there, pulling me inside of myself, demanding to be felt” (Green 142). Pain is an underlying condition that damages one from the inside out and hides itself until it’s expressed. Pain can represent itself physically, mentally, or psychologically. In this way, it destroys a person; it doesn’t matter how or where the pain started. All humans experience pain and suffering, creating the concept that pain is humanly impossible to avoid. At some point, people must overcome pain to survive which is what Hazel is trying to do with her cancer. Overcoming suffering is a difficult process, especially when it’s always there, however one must cope with pain to live.

Rather than harming one’s state, sacrifices stimulate one’s true individuality. When in a dilemma, one frequently resorts to his or her emotions and formulates their decision from the heart. Augustus displays this attribute when he declares to Hazel, “I’ll fight it. I’ll fight it for you. Don’t you worry about me, Hazel Grace. I’m okay. I’ll find a way to hang around and annoy you for a long time” (Green 215). Augustus mentions to Hazel that he took a PET scan and it displayed a recurrence, traumatizing Hazel and causing her to feel depressed. Consequently, his first judgement was to fight on through the cancer and make sure that he would be there for