It is dawning on me that this whole worlds best patient contest really is not going to be very hard. I have taken a look at my competition, and truthfully, I got this in the bag.
To highlight the lack of competitors let me tell you about the woman I met at Chemo on Friday. She honestly looked me in the eye and told me that she was going to try to quit smoking before her surgery in 2 months.
Now I am not sure if it is just me but seriously lady! I quit drinking coffee the day I found out! I am working on somehow removing sugar and white flour completely. Pretty sure it is a decent idea to drop the CANCER STICKS.
All this got me to thinking about survival rates. I didn't want to know anything about the survival rate of my cancer but stumbled upon it one day. Nothing about it scares me because I know what side of that percentage I am going to be on. And don't forget any survival rate also includes people who do not take this cancer thing too seriously - read the last paragraph again if you are not sure what I am talking about.
A friend of mine faced a much more dire survival rate, one that would give anyone pause. His mantra to himself each morning, "why not me". Today he lives cancer free.
I think that is how we should all live our lives - be brave enough to ask, "why not me", and bossy enough to get what you want in life, and when you get thrown and bumpy patch - heal and deal.
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This might be my favorite post. And you are clearly cancer's worst nightmare. ;-)
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