Cancer, Cancer, Cancer . . .

Never a word anyone wants to be associated with, that is for sure.  Never a condition that anyone wants to have, that is for sure.  Yet, it happens to many, and now it has happened to me.  I have Cancer.

One of the things that strikes me so strongly is how often I now hear the word Cancer used all around me.  I know it was probably there before, that C word, but now because it refers to me, I am astounded by the number of times I hear it every day.  Cancer, Cancer, Cancer . . .

I think it is like when you buy a new model of car, and then you see that model everywhere.  That is how it is for me now with Cancer.  The St. Jude commercials on TV showing children with Cancer, the ads for drugs related to Cancer, the stories friends share about someone they know who had Cancer. Cancer, Cancer, Cancer . . .

Sometimes I want to go back to the time when Cancer was not the number one word in my life.  However, that is not to be.  I have to deal with my diagnosis, make my healthcare decisions, and try to still live my life (with or without hair!).  Those who love me have to do the same for they too have to live with this diagnosis. Cancer, Cancer, Cancer . . .

Change, Grow, Evolve

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