Cancer Selfies

Friday June 09, 2023

To the walls

I reflected on this on June 9, 2024

Months ago I expressed my distaste for the cancer as a battle or fight metaphor. It might represent some people well, especially those with stage 1 illness, but it doesn't reflect my experience. For me, cancer has been a seige. And today, friends, the relief forces have arrived, and we're going to do our damndest to break that seige. We done everything we can to ensure success, and now it's all in the hands of the fates.

A man stands in a hotel hallway, wearing a hooded sweater vest, he looks somewhat calm A man is in a hospital bed, wearing a hospital gown, surgical mask and hair covering, he looks nervous