Using her own life experience, to help others, find a place, off of the Newspapers, translated…
The rap singer who’d written “Violet is Afraid of Getting Shots” who became an overnight sensation online, Hsieh, used her own experiences of chemotherapy, set up the group, “We’re all, Sick!”, Hsieh stepped out of the traditional frames of mind, used the firm and practical measures, to fight her own cancer, now, she’s helping more cancer patients, in their weakest states, to find the values of not giving up on the treatment measures.
“Everybody has her/his own way of dealing, and when everybody demands that you face your conditions optimistically, it’s way too, difficult to do!”
At age twenty-six, she was diagnosed with third-stage lymphoma, Hsieh asked, “why me?”, and there were the days of chemo she’d undergone and asked, how many more days of this do I need? She’d become, slimmed down in the face, lost all her hair, and, lost her own self-worth, was trapped inside her own pain. But now, Hsieh is, filled with more confidence, she wanted to use her own personal experience, to help many more cancer patients to walk out their own, separate, paths.
Hsieh told, the cancers made the patients anxious of the future, “will I have troubles finding work?” “Will I be on drips my whole life?” but the response these inquiries received were mostly, “you’re sick already, and you’re, still, worrying about these minute details?” “Reason why you got sick is because you worry too much!”, and as she’d heard, it’d only made her feel, more alone than ever.
The second chemo treatment she had, the media reported on her, and it’d, received positive responses from the community, and that was when Hsieh found, “those who have cancer are still, worthy in their, mights!”
Three years ago, she’d started the platform, “We’re All Sick!”, to help the younger generations of cancer patients to “find their own voices, a place we can be proud, to show ourselves!” From the start, she’d started the seminars, found the lecturers, and invited the other cancer patients to share their stories, she’d let the lecturers understand, that as you’re willing to share your experiences, you can have the practical, valuable feedbacks too.
Now the group, “We’re All Sick” is growing, and the group is helping the patients to become editors, and through the written passages, sharing more stories that are, inspiring to others, to give a forum for the younger generations of cancer patients their own stage, to find their own self-worth, and to find their own paths in life.
From a young girl whose life got twisted upside down by cancer, Hsieh received the funding from the “Broaden the Horizon” projects, and she is giving the most practical sorts of support and help to cancer patients, as a cancer survivor herself.
Hsieh Helped the Cancer Patients Find Their Own Worths in Life
As the patients are diagnosed with cancer, those around them, other than being shocked, they’d also, offered the words of encouragement, to advising the patients, “Don’t think that much about it!”, Hsieh told, that actually, the patients are in need to be, listened to, “Companionship is important, but, don’t overdo it”, instead, letting your loved ones know, that you’re there if s/he needs you, that if s/he needs some alone time, believe, that the individual is, capable, of taking care of her/himself.
From before, there were the patients who’d shared on “We’re all Sick”, pointed out, that his wife was diagnosed and needed five million dollars N.T. for her treatment, there are the entrepreneur funds by the government provided, but, there’s no, emergency treatment funds for those who are diagnosed with cancer, hoping, that in the future, the government can set aside a portion of the funding, providing the loans to the patients at little interest or no interest at all, this will greatly help with the economic burdens of those who are diagnosed with cancer.
And, there were the patients who’d, undergone the treatments fully, and had difficulties finding work, the “We’re All Sick” group hoped to set up a match platform for the cancer patients with the enterprises.
the interview with the woman…off of YouTube
不只是個癌症病人(謝采倪) 一步一腳印 20191208 – YouTube
Hsieh said, a lot of the patients, had troubles, returning back to the workforces, for instance, do they tell their managers that they are, cancer survivors? And the employers would wonder, do we, take someone who’d been treated with cancer on the rosters?
Hsieh had also, helped the wig companies, to set up an online wig shop, to invite the cancer patients as models, for every face that put on a wig, the individuals gets some money for modeling, and as the photos are used by the websites, there would be the earnings, so the patients wouldn’t need to worry, “Where can I get my next meal?”
“Not everybody, when diagnosed with cancer, are naturally, optimistic, a lot are like me, needed that pull from the outside, to get returned, back to, a better place.”, she’d said, as the society assigned the labels of “optimistic” and “think-positive” to the patients, it isn’t, necessarily what’s helping the cancer patients the most, sometimes, the best sort of support you can give to the cancer patients isn’t, “You need to fight hard, to conquer this, be strong!”, but, helping the cancer patients redefine themselves, to find their own value, and self-worth again.
And so, this woman had the experiences of being diagnosed with cancer, and she’d, survived, and she’d, experienced firsthand about, what it is that she needed and didn’t need from those around her, and now, she’s using her own life experiences, to offer wisdoms to other cancer patients, setting this platform up, to help them get their life, back on track again, making her own life experience, even more, valuable to herself, and others in the community too.