How a Terminal Illness Can Change Your Perception of Time

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By Dr. Mercola

By Dr. Mercola

“Clocks are now kind of irrelevant to me … time, where it used to have sort of a linear progression, now feels more like a space,” said Paul Kalanithi, a neurosurgeon, writer, father, and husband, after learning he had metastatic lung cancer.curc

Kalanithi, who died at age 37 in March 2015, wrote a series of poignant works describing the “strange relativity” of living with a terminal cancer diagnosis, and how it rattles your concept of self and your perception of time. He wrote:1

“Verb conjugation became muddled. Which was correct? ‘I am a …read more

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