Today I watched the video message of Jeopardy host Alex Trebek revealing to the world that he has stage 4 pancreatic cancer. And the reason that I am talking about it now and sharing the story is because I found his message to be rather inspiring.

In his message he says:

"Just like 50,000 other people in the United States each year, this week, I was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer,... Now, normally, the prognosis for this is not very encouraging, but I’m going to fight this, and I’m going to keep working, ”

After hearing about his news and seeing his strength and optimism in looking ahead toward his journey to overcome this illness, it has only inspired me to remind myself to try and do the same when facing difficulties in life. When dealing with a health crisis like cancer or any other illness, it can be very easy to become depressed and negative, and this can make it all the more difficult to try and recover and fight back against the illness.

"...with the love and support of my family and friends and with the help of your prayers also, I plan to beat the low survival rates statistics for this disease." - Alex Trebek

The Power Of Positive...

Researchers have spent a great deal of time investigating the link between positive thinking and any connection that it might have to healing.

Previously, an Israeli study concluded that positive emotions might be powerful enough to even shrink cancer tumors.

Many health experts who've worked with patients that have gone through a cancer diagnosis can be found admitting that what the patient thinks and how positive they are in their approach to recovery and health, can play a critical role in influencing the survival rate.

And other similar research on this topic has also come to the same conclusion, in discovering that for individuals who are optimistic about the recovery after they are injured have been found to recover much faster than those patients who are less optimistic about the recovery process and overall situation.

Sometimes it feels like it can be difficult to stay positive in the midst of trials and suffering but if remaining positive can help to possibly impact the chances of success for recovery, then it's definitely worth a try. Of course, positive thinking alone isn't a cure-all solution, though past research indicates that it might be vastly more beneficial than we think it is.

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The information that is posted above is not intended to be used as any substitute for professional medical advice, or diagnosis or treatment. The above is posted for informational purposes only.

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