# Are you a cancer survivor?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-cancer-survivor/623500>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 30, 2012, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-cancer-survivor/623500 "2012-05-30T00:50:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-cancer-survivor/623500/41 "2012-06-05T04:45:44Z")

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> [@Cicero](#):
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> And you said it a lot better than I did. Mine were not life threatening- untreated they may have been. I could never place myself in the same boat as aperson who has beaten (for instance) lung cancer.

No one beats cancer. Some people are just luckier than others.

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**Author:** ![smsaks2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@smsaks2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smsaks2000)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-cancer-survivor/623500/42 "2012-06-06T15:52:16Z")

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Renal Cell Carcinoma - Radical Left Nephrectomy about 5 years ago.

I had Diverticulitis at the time and had gone for a CAT scan. The doctor told me I had a more pressing issue: Kidney Cancer.

So, they removed my left kidney, then 3 months later I had surgery for the diverticulitis - Bowel resection.

Been fine ever since.

People always talk about fighting cancer or being a survivor. I don’t feel like I fought anything or survived anthing. No chemo…no drugs…just an operation to remove my kidney. I’m happy that it went that way rather than a long drawn out fight.

I consider myself very lucky.

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