Today is a strange anniversary being exactly three years since I was diagnosed with an inoperable Stage 4 cancer and told I might not see Christmas 2013.
It would be fair to say that I have mixed feelings about it!
Hi Dave, good for you, you proved them wrong! I think doctors today are reluctant to give cancer patients a timeline on a terminal diagnosis because more often than not, they don't get it right. When I asked my oncologist what his best guess was about my time left, he wouldn't even hazard a guess. He said I was a patient who continues to amaze him with all I've been through in the last 7 years that he wasn't going there with a termination date. He and I both know that my days are numbered though since there isn't anything more they can offer me in the way of treatment. I don't intend to sit here and wait until D day comes though and I will continue to do the things I enjoy and can still do. New challenges do pop up every now and again and I just add them to the list of "not able to do anymore" category. Its' a process that becomes a way of life and the energy it takes to fight it isn't worth it.
Take each day as it comes Dave and cross bridges if and when you come to them. Hope your journey is a smooth one. Take care.
