(Newswire.net — February 10, 2016) –When we get the bad news from a doctor that we have a potentially serious or fatal condition that will be ongoing, or if we have to go through a procedure that will render us unable to have the quality of life that we once enjoyed, it can be a very depressing experience.
Despite that, the anxiety and disappointment you feel about having this condition can be almost as harmful to your daily life as the condition itself. You spend so much time pining over what you had, and hoping you can get it back, that you don’t live in the now and accept your circumstances. While you may not believe this at first, a new study that was performed at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Michigan sheds new light on this particular phenomenon.
While the university’s statement regarding the experiment didn’t give any further details as to the life circumstances of the participants, such as the demographics of the group, the numbers they dealt with, or what kinds of people were told which of the two stories, the conclusion was clear that the ones who were given hope were less able to function in the here and now than those who adapted to their new circumstances.
In essence, it’s all about your outlook. If you have a debilitating condition that, while not curable, is at least treatable, such as diabetes, You can still live and full and normal life, but if you obsess and focus on the fact that you have diabetes in the first place, you can get in the way of your own happiness. While hope can be an important thing, the downside of hope is that it can prevent you from living in the here and now, while sacrificing your own bliss and your life’s journey to wish for something that might not happen, or is at least out of your control.
In 2008, Cancer.im CEO Chris Ryan with oncologist Dr. Mahesh Kanojia, Dr. Barkat Charania and Dr. Kevin Buckman adapted the above referenced study into a modular 15-part best practice navigation element and guide on teaching and assisting cancer patients in raising their quality of life.
In 2011 this adaption was published under the title “Method of Lowering a Cancer Patients’ Morbidity Rate by Increasing Quality of Life of Patient, by Leveraging Cause Based Electronic Support Networks”, and later renamed “The Robert Ryan Cancer Protocol” in honor of the cancer patient who inspired the study.
The Cancer.im Inc. vision is based on the Robert Ryan Cancer Protocol with a modular 15-part best practice guide on teaching and assisting cancer patients and their loved ones on the importance of Quality of Life and how to raise it when managing a diagnosis of cancer.