Calling it a \"journey\"...

I know that many of us refer to this breast cancer "thing" that we are going through as a "journey". At the risk of offending some, I have to state my own PERSONAL objection to the use of the word as it sort of conjures up images for ME as a march toward death, and I DON'T want to think of it that way. I do call it a battle, and I know that "journey" is often used as an alternative to the warring connotations of "battle". But in my view, it IS a battle, and not a journey. I am not on my way somewhere. Rather, I am fighting a vile enemy. The concept of journey seems to imply that I am on my way somewhere. But I am not. I am fighting a beast. I needed to say that as I have been thinking about it for a long time. Hope you all understand, I am just stating my feelings about it. Feel free to call it whatever you want....journey, battle, odyssey, trial....etc....