Our first response is always of "What did I do to get this diagnosis?" "Did I do something prior that caused this?" Sometimes it's just genetics, we are born with a higher risk of getting cancer because of family history. As devastating as it is to get the diagnosis, the quicker you accept that you have cancer, the quicker you can move forward in trying to beat it. It's at this time you build a team of family, friends, and doctors to try put your cancer into remission. Sometimes you win and sometimes you don't. It's all about attitude and how you approach it. You can learn a lot about yourself through a difficult situation like cancer. I've never personally experienced it but I have lost a family member because of it. It taught me a lot about how to approach it and how I leaned on my faith in God to help me through it.