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What Does Surviving Mean to You? “Voices of Survivors” Helps Cancer Patients Define Their Lives
Lynn Lane, founder of “Voices of Survivors,” shooting a documentary film in Southern West Virginia.
What does it really mean to be a “survivor?” The term is constantly used in the media and related cancer publications, but if you’ve actually experienced cancer in your life, what does survivorship really mean? That’s what Lynn Lane, founder/executive director of “Voices of Survivors,” has dedicated his life to find out.
“A lot of people don’t like the word ‘survivor,’” he says. “Does it mean you’re just barely hanging on, or you ‘just’ survived? We’re not just surviving. We’re living. We’re thriving.”
Diagnosed with prostate cancer when he was only 41, Lynn found the experience very isolating. (more…)
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