Personal Perspective: Anyone facing a serious diagnosis is faced with the difficult questions: Who am I now? What does having it mean?
sharing the news of her cancer diagnosis, offered a curious and concerned world a glimpse into a very public woman’s very human effort to come to grips with a shocking and life-changing medical diagnosis.
Although it may seem surprising that such a young, fit woman—Kate is 42—should face cancer when we typically associate the disease with older age, the fact is cancer is increasing in younger adults. The American Cancer Society’s 2024on cancer facts and trends shows that younger adults are the only age group who have experienced an increase in cancer incidence—rising by 1% to 2% each year between 1995 and 2020.
Here’s how I know. I had recently turned 47 when my doctor called to tell me I had tested HIV-positive. Suddenly, without warning because I had no symptoms, I had to learn how to think ofas “living with HIV”—rather than simply encouraging friends who had it or writing about it as a health reporter, as I had done for the previous two decades.One thing I was certain of from the beginning of this new “after”: I did not want to be defined by my new HIV status.
Unlike those people back in the 1980s, when there was no effective treatment and a positive HIV test almost certainly meant getting gravely ill and dying prematurely, I had the good fortune to be diagnosed at a time when there were powerful medications available to keep the virus in check and let me go about simply living my life.
It’s unlikely the Princess of Wales will become known as “The Princess with Cancer” because her royal title trumps her diagnosis. As it should. Cancer is something she has and must deal with; it’s not who she is.Understanding what emotional intelligence looks like and the steps needed to improve it could light a path to a more emotionally adept world.
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