It will attempt to explain different stages and treatments of the disease as seen through the eyes of one who has gone through it. It is not a series of medical stories. Everything in it is from personal experience. These are my feelings about, or my understanding of, what was happening. It is my hope that there is something here that everyone will be able to relate to.
Nothing is intended to be used as a comparison, because every case of cancer is different.
Not only are there different types of cancers, but they are in different places, happening to people of different ages, of different backgrounds and of different strengths and weaknesses. Each case of cancer is as unique as a fingerprint. The reader should be able to better understand and empathize with what the person with a malignancy is going through and what that person can do to help himself. It is to show how important is good medical attention, how vital is prompt action, and how fundamental is a positive mental attitude. Cancer is the uncontrolled growth of cells.