It was definitely a WTF moment for me recently driving around listening to an anthology of short stories entitled “Mystery Writers of America Presents Vengeance” when I found myself listening to a short story involving lung cancer in vengeance.
OK
rational brain time - Lung Cancer is the number one cancer killer, 1 in 14
Americans will be diagnosed with it … how can writers of contemporary mystery fiction
really ignore it?
Breaking
the taboo of the C-line should be a step forward except some argue that the
portrayal is too often two steps backwards, but is it?
OK while
catching up on Season 1, I admit it has been a bit of a dark captivation
watching and relating to why he tries to keep his diagnosis secret, feeling the
economic suffocation of a lung cancer diagnosis discovering who and what your
insurance coverage actually covers. Filtering out fiction and fact with the
eyes of someone trying to survive lung cancer – one thing for sure, money determines
treatment options.
A little
too close to home, his fictional character also struggles with worrying about
the future of his fictional son with Cerebral Palsy. I know the feeling with my
own real life lung cancer diagnosis and my real life wife severely disabled and
dependent with Multiple Sclerosis.
“Lung
cancer is a challenging topic for film and Television … it is treated less
sympathetically than other diseases, often being used as a symbol of
self-induced harm or catastrophe.” Lung cancer on screen, European Society for Medical Oncology’s 2012 congress
Patrick Leer
BLOGS:
Caregivingly Yours, MS Caregiver @ http://caregivinglyyours.blogspot.com/
My Lung Cancer Odyssey @ http://lung-cancer-survivor.blogspot.com/
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