This robber, this cheat…
It’s doing it again. Unfortunately, I’ve watched this behavior before, from a front row seat and all I can do is silently scream “UNFAIR.”
The cancer doesn’t care: It doesn’t listen. It moves in the shadows and delights in the pain and suffering that goes along with taking another victim. This is a malady that shows no mercy. Patient, care giver, family members, friends: everyone is touched by this robber, this cheat.
It is taking control of a family right now who has fought side by side their loved one since last July. They’ve been aggressive in their battle from all fronts. Family and friends, we’ve all been by their side, in the good and the bad. Now, it’s the cancer who is running the show and it’s robbing and cheating.
It’s robbing the family of their loved one. They can only watch this decline of the husband/dad and grandfather they care for so much. The drugs that once ruled over his cancer have been replaced by palliative care and love that now provide comfort and peace.
In his healthier years, this man traveled the world. He never stopped learning, reading, expanding his knowledge on so many topics. We could talk news, world events, politics, sports; there wasn’t a topic he didn’t have an opinion about or knowledge of and we shared in the love of Mexican food too. There are so many of us who are being cheated out of so many more years of great times over chips and salsa and fish tacos.
“UNFAIR”
March 10, 2016 @ 4:21 pm
Just finished reading “When Breath Becomes Air,” which is truly a beautiful book. A box is Kleenex is required to finish, but it is so worth it.
March 10, 2016 @ 5:22 am
My sister in law has been battling lung cancer for almost two years and has been able to keep it in check until last week. The beast took an aggressive turn and has taken over her body and there is no regaining control. I know this didn’t happen in one day but it is as if it exploded in her body and hospice has been called in and the doctors think a few weeks at most. I don’t know how her already frail husband will get through this so once again cancer bring us to our knees. I keep thinking back to one of your last blog entries and how the beast was growling or rumbling. The exact words escape me but this is the third time in six years I have felt it. Leroys words often brought comfort and you have continued his legacy..bless you Laurie. My heart goes out to your friend and to you.
March 9, 2016 @ 8:30 pm
There is nothing fair about the disease. It’s a robber of plans, a thief of dreams. To know it is to despise it and hate it.