> Stop saying that please.
Might come across as snarky, but really meaning not to: What's an expression that would be more acceptable?
Might come across as snarky, but really meaning not to: What's an expression that would be more acceptable?
That's what my sneaking suspicion was. I recall having heard expressions like "after a long battle with illness", but your point makes a lot of sense.
Actually, I realise there's no mention of losing in that expression, which was made clear to me after finding this article
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/carole-brody-fleet/long-term-i...
after searching Google for the above phrase.
I wonder if one reason for the difference in language is that chemotherapy is so brutal that it ends up feeling like a "battle". Plus maybe that there's a chance of "winning", which isn't there with Alzheimer's or with ALS.
(I'm not justifying the correctness of the word, just speculating on the cause.)