I will never tell you that I am thankful that I got cancer. I simply can not stomach the thought of being thankful for that. I will tell you that I am proud of the way I handled cancer (most days) and I am thankful for the many things I learned from cancer. There are, in fact, a great many things that cancer teaches you and a great many things to take away from cancer. This post is about one of those things and I will refer to it as a beauty of cancer.
A beauty of cancer is the people. The people you meet along the way. The people you knew before but step up during. The people you meet after when you are a new person. There are the friends, the family, the nurses, the doctors, the radiology techs, the IV teams, the phlebotomists, the lab techs, the aids, the cafeteria staff, the patients, the survivors, and the list goes on and on and on. I have met people in person. I have met them online. I have dear friends who I only know through facebook. I have met the spouses and parents and children of patients. I have met people from all over the United States and all over the world. The people are amazing.
Cancer sucks. The people are amazing.
I completely understand your post and appreciate your writing this. I have really enjoyed getting to know you! Even if it is only through Twitter!
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