Guardian Australia · Death and dying

I have stage four cancer – there will be no cure, but death isn’t necessarily imminent: this is how it feels to live in the long middle

· By Janis Chen
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When you are cured, the world cheers; when you are dying, it mourns. But when you are simply maintaining, the world is at a loss

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