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By Tonie Forster, RN, PMHNP, DNP, as told to Jo Cavallo  / November 10, 2021

The Worst Part of Having Cancer Was the Guilt

When I was diagnosed with small cell lung cancer in 1992, at age 38, I remember thinking, “I wish I had breast cancer.” Breast cancer elicits such sympathy from people. A diagnosis of small cell lung cancer mainly gets you stern looks of disapproval and disappointment. There is so much stigma...