Finding Little Comfort in the Statistics of Survival

[PinkGirl]

My oncologist, your oncologist, Dennis Slamon, Santa Claus, FauxGypsy - no one can tell us if we are going to recur. No one. Stats like 50/50 or 80/20 do not tell us which side we will be in.

I do not make light of anyone's fears. I've been there. I still think that mosquito bites are skin mets. But I've given cancer the finger ... told it to screw off. I will not let fear take over my life. If I recur in 5 years or if I don't recur in 5 years, it doesn't change right NOW.

Every day I see this streetperson guy stumbling down the sidewalk, drunk.
He didn't get cancer, I did. And I don't think this guy is drinking green tea.
I have stopped trying to figure everything out ... I will not drive myself crazy looking for answers that no one has.

Bejuce, if you want to watch your kids grow up, they are growing up right NOW ... we are all doing different things for ourselves ... just do your best.