cancer posse

Taking the advice of a few wise individuals I have created a cancer posse for myself. By this I just mean a group of fellow cancer survivors that offer one another mutual support. Some of these people I have met online through YACC and have yet to meet face to face, while others I have been introduced to through others, and also through support groups and dinners I have attended. These are all people who "get it". They know and share my fears, as they too have ridden a similar roller coaster, and many of them are still riding and fighting. While I have only known some of these people for a short time there is a huge connection and they are some of the bravest people I know. Today my heart is aching for three such friends. There is my inspiration from afar who is gearing up fight breast cancer for the third time, the fighting tiger who is recovering from her mastectomy, and the young father who is about to start radiation and waiting for test results to make sure things haven't spread. I find I have been in my head a lot the last couple of days thinking of these people, thinking about their battles and also about mine. The more people I meet and the more stories that are shared the more I hate this disease. How dare it threaten such amazing and beautiful people who have so much to offer to others and who already do so much for others. I hope you all can take the cancer that is inside of you and kick the crap out of it! Show no mercy!