When asked to write an article for cancer survivors, my first thought was that I don't want you to cope with cancer. I want you to do so much more! I want you to thrive, not just survive. My book is not entitled Prescriptions For Coping, I wrote Prescriptions For Living because I learned in 1977 that the will to live is intrinsic. My life and career were changed by one of my patients. We were both attending a workshop run by Dr. Carl Simonton. My patient attended because of breast cancer and I because of my disease (MD - being a physician). She helped turn my life and pain around when she said, "You're a nice guy and I feel better when I am in the office with you, but I can't take you home with me, so I need to learn how to live between office visits."