i feel like a lot of people blow it out of proportion. yes, i had cancer but i was fighting as best i can and the panic and attention people bring to it just stresses me out. yes, it was , and it is difficult, yes it was painful and still is, it was, and is hard .But its not my whole life. It is not my personality and it is not me. Cancer does not make the person. A lot of people have shown their true colours through this and i am thankful for that because it shows me who i can weed out in terms of friends. But the real ones were always there regardless of my diagnosis. It feels better to have those friends there than the ones who have come out of woodworks, and it feels better alot better to have people who treat me normally than it does to have those around who treat me like i am some delicate flower who they want to get a snapshot with. I am sick but i am not fragile. I am not a prop. I am a person.
What you're going through is hard( harder than hard), its terrifying, stressful, emotional. You want to give up. You want to quit. I remember barely being able to stand. It was such a low point. But you have to find a reason to smile! Any reason, make up one of you have to, but keep fighting! there is so much to live for on the other side of cancer. Don't let the fear and anxiety consume you. Hunt for the good stuff. Getting knocked down is unfortunate, but staying down is a choice! Make the choice .