Blog 11

Interview questions: revised

1. How old are you?
2. When were you diagnosed with cancer?
3. What was your reaction to being diagnosed with cancer?
4. How did you tell your family and friends?
5. What form of cancer were you diagnosed with?
6. What kinds of treatment did you have to go through? (background story, if any)
7. Have you ever felt depressed?
8. How did you cope with being diagnosed with cancer?
9. How long have you been attending this program?
10. When did you decide that writing was a source of relief or support for you?
11. Have you ever presented your work? How did it make you feel afterwards?
12. Do you attend any other writing sessions? If so, where?

Blog 10

I'm not quite sure how to answer this question. I don't really think my topic on lymphoma research and how writing can be a support system for people has to do with culture, i think anyone is capable of finding closure through writing. I think what cancer patients deal with a lot are sterotypes and people feeling sorry for us, well don't. Yes, we're sick, but most of us don't use that as an excuse. We take it and go with it and prove everyone wrong. It's an amaznig feeling.