<unk>  are those individuals with<unk>  of any type, current or past, who are still living. The National Coalition for<unk> hip (NCCS) pioneered the definition of<unk> as from the time of diagnosis and for the balance of life, a person diagnosed with<unk>  is a<unk>   This expansive definition of "survivor" includes people who are dying from untreatable<unk> .  NCCS later expanded the definition of<unk> even further to include family, friends and caregivers who are affected by the diagnosis in any way.
The National<unk>  Institute's Office of<unk> hip uses a variant of this expanded definition, which is sometimes ridiculed for the potential to abuse its inclusiveness:  "I got<unk> , and the government now says every person in my whole neighborhood is a so-called<unk> "  Oddly,<unk>  is the only disease in which friends and neighbors are officially encouraged to use language with the potential to misidentify themselves as having personally been diagnosed with the disease instead of being a voluntary caregiver.  This is essentially unknown among people with similarly devastating diseases, such as AIDS, Alzheimer's, or heart disease.
Many<unk>  describe the process of living with and beating<unk>  as a life-changing experience.[citation needed] It is not uncommon for this experience to bring about a personal epiphany, which the person uses as motivation to meet goals of great personal importance, such as climbing a mountain or reconciling with an estranged family member.
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