Memorial Day

Cancer Haunts me,
It's the shadow in the corner that scares you, and you look away
not wanting to believe in the boogie man.

Once you have been a care giver for someone with cancer
You never forget what it looks like...
never.
Once You have stared cancer in the face,lived with it... the scans, the tests, the chemo, the operations...
I know I'm not alone,
In that fear
of the shadow
that has been precariously bestowed on your soul.
I've talked to people in the same situation
and they share.
not "if"
but "when"
because it's the loved ones who bear witness
and know they might be next
that whole genetics thing that gives us amazing strength, intelligence...and sometimes somethings we can't control.
It's good and bad
because it gives you a new perspective
about what is important;
yet it also takes you a little to the dark side
knowing what those last moments look like...
how ugly they are.
It shakes up what you think the rest of your life will or could look like.

Anytime there is cancer in the headlines,
I pay attention,
Farah Fawcett,
Brett Hudson,
Patrich Swayze,
Christina Applegate;
not that their cancer is any different
than the thousands of anymous suffering,
but they have a chance to do something ,
to share what it is really like.
And fortunatley their fame and the love that goes along with that
can spur people into action and bring awareness to treatments that people with money,to travel, can seek out.

I came across some really compelling information
recently that I would like to share with you.
Bottom line,
alternative treatment can be better treatment... just not approved in the United States.

So the blurb is definitely Hollywood, but check out the Klinikmovie.com. Read the blog, ESPECIALLY if you have someone in your life dealing with cancer. You have to be your own medical advocate.
MAKES ME SAD!