Dear Cancer,
I’m sorry to do this in the form of a letter, but I don’t want to speak your name or have to look at you anymore. I wish to no longer be associated with you. I feel like a coward writing to you, but you haven’t been very considerate to me. Really, it’s not you, it’s me. This relationship has become volatile; it’s just not healthy for me. I actually needed to seek treatment because of you and the treatment is making my hair fall out. You’re making me physically ill. Please, don’t contact me or anyone in my family, especially my children. Kindly leave everyone I know alone. Don’t bother any of my friends either. None of us want anything to do with you. You can have all of your things back, too. I don’t want any reminders of you lurking around for fear that you’ll be back to bother me in the future. Rest assured that we’re never getting back together. We’re finished. We can’t be friends; it simply won’t work. I’ve decided that I need to focus on me and my family right now. I have to be completely honest with you. There’s someone else. His name is Life. And, as it turns out, he’s been right in front of me this entire time but I never took the time to really notice him. We’ve decided to go on living happily and healthily together.
Regards,
Barb
I just cannot say enough about your spirit and determination in the face of this!! You should turn this blog into a book one day because every cancer patient in the world would be given hope in the face of despair, strength in knowing others have beaten this and courage to face another day because someone in the same position is alive, well and living their life to the fullest! God bless you!
OMG! you are too much! What a great letter. Really, Lisa is right. this should be a book for all to use for support and to see life as you do. Your fighting spirit is unparallelled with humor and candidness and you see things so clearly.
I wish i was your friend; you are awesome.
When all this nonsense is over and you and cancer split, you need to continue writing, you are really good at it.
Smart to send the letter early on so its clear all around; so you can move on with TX and cancer knows where you stand!!
continued prayers
B
It is very, very clear that this demon knows not who it is dealing with.
A book deal is truly in order, way to go.
Love it!! you should sing the Taylor Swift song to Cancer on a daily basis.
Where did you learn to write like this. Must be the Pittston Area Graduate in you. If I were cancer, I would listen. Hope you had a great time with your sister. We’ll see you all real soon!