{"id":494,"date":"2009-06-08T11:36:49","date_gmt":"2009-06-08T11:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/freshliving\/2009\/06\/elizabeth-edwards-on-cancer-support.html"},"modified":"2009-06-08T11:36:49","modified_gmt":"2009-06-08T11:36:49","slug":"elizabeth-edwards-on-cancer-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/freshliving\/2009\/06\/elizabeth-edwards-on-cancer-support.html","title":{"rendered":"Elizabeth Edwards’ on Cancer Support"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Thumbnail<\/a><\/span>Elizabeth Edwards<\/a>, in Boston over the weekend for a gala at Mass. General Hospital, gave a brief interview<\/a> to The Boston Globe in which she talked about the kind of support that she’s enjoyed through her years-long battle with breast cancer.<\/p>\n

When asked what dealing with her cancer so publicly has been like, she said:<\/p>\n

“For me, being public has been an incredible benefit. I got 65,000
\ne-mails, 30,000 pieces of snail mail. What that meant was there was
\nnever a time when I felt, ‘I’m just going to die, nobody’s going to
\ncare about me, I’m on the last legs.’ I always felt this enormous
\namount of support.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That last sentence really struck me.  It puts a bold, italic, underline, exclamation point around the importance of feeling supported during any kind of medical journey, whether your “public” is the entire nation or just a close community of friends and family. <\/p>\n

What do you think?  Are you supported enough in your health journey?  Do you support others?<\/b><\/p>\n

Click here for the whole Globe interview.<\/a> <\/p>\n

(image via: http:\/\/weblogs.newsday.com\/news\/local\/longisland\/politics\/blog\/2008\/04\/<\/a>)  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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