When you recover from cancer, everyone celebrates. When you're dying, they grieve. But when you're managing to stay alive with terminal cancer that cannot be cured, the world doesn't quite know what to do. This is where broadcaster Joanna Paul-Robie finds herself. In the middle. Four years ago, she was diagnosed with a rare, aggressive form of breast cancer at stage 4. Constant chemo and drug therapy is keeping her alive. A recent piece in The Guardian newspaper articulated this middle ground in a way Joanna had found difficult to convey to friends and family. She's sharing her story to help others understand the stamina and constant calculations needed to work out how to spend the time and energy the long middle requires.