Whether it’s the metaphor of ‘battling cancer’ or the image of ‘frontline workers’ during the pandemic, the author contended that metaphors distort our way of thinking since neither cancer nor Covid are stages of war.
“I have a predisposition to cancer as I carry a gene which is called Lynch Family Syndrome.
“Basically my body cannot detect that cancer is growing in the first place so it very quickly escalates to a grade 4 and because it cannot recognise the disease, it also can’t repair it without help.
“I’m lucky that I know my body well and that I can present myself in time to doctors who have the expertise and modern medicines to reverse the tumour growing.”
“Participating made me look at the psychological effect years after diagnosis. Themes of loneliness, isolation, fear, self-blame, anger and disassociation were explored.
Lynch Syndrome Ireland 