My Life With Cancer

I’m two weeks into cancer now. It seems like I am settling down emotionally. The feelings of depression and death and despair have pretty much left.   I guess those feelings were part of the initial shock I was in. Now I appear to be more methodical and accepting of the cancer.   After all, the cancer cells are mine.   They are not from some outside disease or virus. Those are my cells that are mutating. My focus has now turned into a thorough search for solutions and options. We both are still reading the book the doctor gave us, “100 Ways to Die from Prostate Cancer.”   We now just call it the Book of Death. Neither of us have figured out when is the best time to read it; in the morning so it will destroy your entire day, or in the evening so it will give you nightmares.   It contains one lame solution after another.   And then lists the myriad of side effects and possible complications of each solution.   And then each side effect’s solu...

Surviving the Procedures is Part of the Game It’s been over a week since I was diagnosed with cancer.   So how am I doing you ask? It’s really an emotional roller coaster.   Some days I wake up ready to conquer the freakin’ world and beat this cancer.   Other days I don’t want to get out of bed.   But I do anyways.   Stepping up each day and living my life the way I want to live it is important to me. Two things that I refuse to change with this is my spiritual life and my sarcastic sense of humor.   I still try to connect with my God every morning first thing.   Sometimes we connect and sometimes I just get pissed at Him.   Either way, at least there is a relationship there and I am heard by Him.   That is good. And for those who have heard and even became offended at my death jokes, you should just laugh more.   It’s good for you.   If you are bewildered as to how I can joke around about cancer, well, it is...

I AM A SURVIVOR I have cancer.   If this is the first you have heard of it, I apologize.   My family and closest of friends were told in person.   I chose to tell the rest of my friends via Social Media because, frankly, it is the quickest and most efficient way to get the word out. Why would I blog about something so personal?   First, because I am feeling prompted to do so.   Second, because in battles like this, it is easier to win as a team rather than as an individual or even as a couple.   I just invited you to join my team.   Third, to give others hope.   This cancer is so common that I know a lot of you have it or will have it soon.   Fourth, to easily keep everyone updated.   And finally, and probably most importantly, because it will be over the top therapeutic to me.   I need that. In this first blog entry, I’ll write about the emotions of being diagnosed with cancer and how I plan to beat it. ...