A Positive Side Effect….
Where does the strength, the courage, and the will to live come from? Really, do we have a hidden pocket of cells tucked away in our bodies some where just waiting for a trigger to go off? Does an alarm bell ring, a silent “Help now” nerve that spills these potent life savers into our blood stream and gives us the power to fight?
Seems like cancer patients are given the biggest of these secret pockets for good reason.
I have a pal who is fighting colon cancer right now and he is squeezing that pocket dry….ten weeks of chemo will do that to a person and he’s got a few more weeks to go. But instead of giving-in to the nasty side effects of the chemo blast, he is pushing back, as hard as he can. He reads the stats on treatment and looks at the positive side of the results. He won’t allow himself to look at the numbers and see that the odds don’t always lean in his favor. He’s convinced himself, his outcome will change the numbers on the survivors side of the ledger.
This is a cancer warrior who is already planning his life ‘post-chemo’ and cancer isn’t written in the future chapters.
This is a guy who takes his chemo and sees the positive side effect of the treatment. He calls it LIFE.
September 6, 2012 @ 1:38 pm
That pocket of cells worked for me (what a great way to put it)! That and my wonderful primary caregiver. I just wish that everyone called on those cells like your pal is… My strength and support to him.
September 6, 2012 @ 7:26 am
I don’t know where the fight comes in either but cancer patients at least have that on their side. It must be just one little piece of magic God gives them along their journey. Jim’s doctor was convinced that after his major stroke that he simply forgot that he had to fight and the rapid decline was set in motion. Our cancer warriors are amazing people and we are there to support that “amazingness”.
September 5, 2012 @ 9:08 pm
I do not know where the strength or determination comes from. It appears and guides one through. All that’s needed is to believe and to have hope.
Hope, it keeps that little flame burning, rally around that little flame, and keep it burning.