Life Threatening Illness Paper

The term life illness is referred to any illness or disease that can cause an individual to die. There exists a broad range of life-threatening illnesses such as acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), cancer, allied degenerative neurological disorders and, motor neurone disease. However, Cancer is considered to be the primary life threatening illness (Lyons et al, 2002). This report reflects the experience of a patient suffering from life threatening illness. It is an awful experience to go through and to deal with some disease that is threatening to life. Here is the experience of one of my family member when she was diagnosed with life threatening illness.
The report begins with the symptoms experienced by my family member followed by the diagnosis revealing the illness. Following this is the discussion of the experiences of the patient and the impact on normal living due to the symptoms of illness. The report also presents some of the positive coping strategies used by family member to overcome the illness and finally the treatment procedure and its outcome is discussed.

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She began to stay positive and to educate her about the nature of the disease, some of the existing treatment options for lung cancer and her also clarified her doubts by questioning doctors. As a result she was able to respond effectively to the facts of the disease and was able to manage stress and prevent health crisis. She also expanded her social network and began starting to people who recovered from cancer and other life threatening illnesses. By doing so, she managed to minimize her social isolation. She also employed number of coping strategies like reading new book, listening to pleasant music and enjoying play time with her grand children. Her pleasant diversion enabled her to enhance positive energy and strength to overcome this illness and be prepared for the