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Summary of The Undying 

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Our society is filled with many people trying to battle cancer and those who have no idea they even have it. Battling cancer is one of the most trying situations in anyone’s life. The process is long, rigorous, and extremely exhausting. What’s more difficult is that the cancer treatment might work, fail, or demand a lifelong commitment to further treatments and drugs. In this summary, the author, a cancer survivor, shares the problems associated with battling cancer and staying strong in the challenging moments. Anne Boyer is a professional poet and a renowned essayist who lives in Kansas City. She's a recipient of numerous awards, some of which are the 2018 Cy Twombly Award for Poetry from the Foundation for Contemporary Art, a 2018 Whiting Award in nonfiction/poetry, and the 2018-2019 Judith E. Wilson Fellowship in Poetry at Cambridge University. Anne Boyer is the author of several anthologies, including the 2016 CLMP Firecracker Award-winning “Garments Against Women“ and a book of fables, essays, and ephemera titled “A Handbook of Disappointed Fate.” “The Undying” won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction and is a great read for you or anyone else who wants to understand cancer and its effects. “Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.” ~ Lance Armstrong

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The battle against cancer requires mental, physical, and emotional strength from the patient and their loved ones

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In times of pain and distress, finding comfort can be difficult, most especially for cancer patients. Cancer is a common illness that can grow into a terminal disease if not nipped in the bud. The earliest stage of cancer is the most treatable for physicians. When cancer grows without adequate attention, it festers and becomes a huge problem. The physical effects of cancer on its victims is no child’s play. Changes like hair and weight loss are very telling, and the people around the patients also bear some brunt.
Although chemotherapy has successfully curbed cancer mortality, it is still not 100% sure for every patient. Besides, the process of treatment can be painful and draining.
Although it’s not a cure, staying together and sharing well-measured love with a cancer patient helps a lot. On the part of the patient, it gives them enough drive to want to get well. On the part of the loved ones, it makes the whole situation easier to process. Alongside sharing love, is the need for adequate and proper medical attention. Many people become victims of avoidable medical mistakes. Any cancer patient must find a professional chemotherapist and double-check to ensure that whatever assertion made is true.

This summary is important for anyone who’s fighting cancer or staying with someone who is. Through the information contained here, you'll find it easier to understand why people behave the way they do when trying to battle cancer.
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People living with cancer always have it rough, irrespective of their treatment stage

Many people living with cancer find it difficult to adjust to their appearance, especially after undergoing treatment. They have to get used to seeing the bald head, devastating complexion, steroid-swollen face, etc. Alongside these external changes, older adults seem infantile, the young act senile, and the middle-aged find all that is middle-aged about them disappear. At the height of it, your body’s boundaries break, and everything you were supposed to keep inside of you seems to fall out.
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Cancer patients not only suffer from pain but also loneliness

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Cancer patients have to deal with loneliness, too much love, and responsibility for their illness

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It’s easy to forget how much life you have lost to living when you have cancer

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Mistreatment and misdiagnosis is a prevalent mistake that has affected a lot of people

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If we are not careful, we can add to a patient’s pain by being too emotional

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Exhausting yourself trying to do the things beyond your power can lead to more damage to your health

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Nothing is certain, but paying attention to our current situation is essential to survival

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