For a few days I used “Post Brain Cancer” as my cancer-related status, but it kind of ate at me (just like cancer ironically). Mainly because I’ll never get to be cancer-free, so what is post-cancer for those of us after brain cancer treatment? Some other cancers can be surgically removed with additional surrounding tissue … Continue reading Brain Cancer Freeish. You Go Where Your Eyes Go
Author: Lahla
I am a brain cancer survivor living life after emergency-mode. I’ve gone through everything you hear about, finding out you have cancer, surgery, treatment, making plans, getting help, being unconscious, and so on. I may refer back to that... Shit, it may COME back to that! But for now, I’d like to talk about life AFTER the emergency mode that brain cancer brings. I’d like to talk about normal, regular, everyday life when part of your brain is gone and the rest takes over. I’d like to talk about normal, regular, everyday life when your perspective changes. I’d like to talk about normal, regular, everyday life when others see you differently and they either get you or they don’t. I’ve spent over three and a half years holding this in, mainly because I didn’t want to be labeled as having brain cancer. Many people fail to understand what that label brings. It’s not the same as denial- think about that. However, after all this time, I realize that holding onto it feels like cancer. I didn’t chose cancer but I had chosen to hold onto what felt like cancer. Not any more. So here it goes. I hope you get something good out of it, my brain cancer freeish, everyday life perspective.
This is exactly what I was talking about in my previous post.
The Cancer Battle- Perspective In Action
Many if not most people consider having cancer as a battle. Let’s consider how this can make people feel as well as who’s actually in the ring in the fight against cancer.
The Journey Begins
Thanks for joining me! Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton