We talk about art, suffering, and meaning-making with Doug Sparling of “Cancer as Art” fame: https://www.amazon.com/Doug-Sparling/e/B00W52MZDQ/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1

Embrace your inner artist and change your perspective
Ask your doctor about the cheaper generic medications
Emotional trauma makes for amazing friends, so find your community
Cancer may (or may not) make you a better person, but it will make you a DIFFERENT person
Get on Twitter for connections--YOU ARE NOT ALONE
To live is to suffer. To survive is to find some meaning in the suffering. Find meaning in the suffering.