Let someone who has seen locks of her hair wash down the bathroom drain like so many years of her life tell me nothing has changed. Let someone who has felt the nerves in her scalp jump and twitch where a brain tumor used to be, tell me to have patience in starting a family, building a house, or taking a trip. I must seize life whenever and wherever possible. So walk with me, don t hold me back. I feel so completely vulnerable, the stress of asking for help is excrutiating.
Rejection is devastating indifference is even worse.
I appreciate the concern and support from all my family and friends, but the doctors won t relax their cancer watch for another five years. I know mine will last forever. This is what it means to have cancer. Understanding, accepting, and supporting that journey is what it means to love a cancer victim. For me, cancer is definitive.