I went to see the movie 50/50 a few weeks ago with fellow survivors and a friend. Overall, I feel the movie did a good job portraying a 20 something young adult going through a cancer diagnosis and treatment with only a 50/50 percent chance of beating the cancer. The movie left out some key issues which no film can address every issue but they left out big ticket items. They did not touch basis on finance, insurance and work which are big issues not to cover. What they did cover were more of the emotional side of things like the emotional shock of the diagnosis, death, dealing with a challenging mother, abandonment, anger, dating and his friend. Humor, both appropriate and inappropriate, were sprinkled throughout the movie. For other young survivor this will most likely hit too close to home even if they did leave out key issues young survivors faces.
I'm almost 6 years out of my diagnosis and I have to admit that my eyes were red and swollen by the end of the movie. I didn't think any of my friends left without shedding a tear. We may not all have the happy ending but we all deal with hearing the words, "You have cancer" which makes all of us with cancer the same even if we all have our own stories and all have our own journeys.
I love this quote which goes with the picture above. Katherine the therapist: "You can't change your situation. The only thing you can change is how you choose to deal with it."
I'm almost 6 years out of my diagnosis and I have to admit that my eyes were red and swollen by the end of the movie. I didn't think any of my friends left without shedding a tear. We may not all have the happy ending but we all deal with hearing the words, "You have cancer" which makes all of us with cancer the same even if we all have our own stories and all have our own journeys.
I love this quote which goes with the picture above. Katherine the therapist: "You can't change your situation. The only thing you can change is how you choose to deal with it."
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