Cancer Sucks!

they say cancer touches each and everyone of us in some way. we all have a family member, a friend, maybe even a friend of a friend.... but we can all say we know (or have known) someone with cancer.

Cancer Sucks!

i managed to avoid this ugly disease for 35 years of my life. i knew of it, but it always stayed away from my immediate circle of life... it happened to other people... other families... faceless others fought the battle out of my line of sight... until 4 years ago.

Cancer Sucks!

when mom first said the doctor was concerned the spot on the x-ray was cancer i was in denial. cancer was just a word, a disease other people faced.... in less than 2 months i got a crash course on just how ugly cancer could be. mom was gone.

Cancer really sucks!

since losing my mom to cancer, i have an aunt who is battling this ravishing disease, i lost an uncle to cancer, my BFF's father had cancer removed from his lung, i lost a co-worker to stomach cancer, another co-work is fighting for her life today, another was just told her mother is in remission... and the list goes on and on...

Did I mention cancer sucks?

they (who is they exactly?) say optimism...a positive attitude... the sheer utter desire to live is the key to the fight... tomorrow i will have a small tumor removed from my breast. there is a greater % that it is benign than it will be malignant ... i have to believe in the odds... i have to believe that i will escape the scary grip of such an ugly disease. Cancer has taken enough from my life... i know this is just a scare to keep me appreciative of all the gifts in my life, to remember how precious each moment is, how important every person in my life .... never forget to live and love to the fullest each and every day!