Showing posts with label the big C. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the big C. Show all posts

The Big C

"The big C",
Suffering from it
living with it
standing up to it
coping with it, (or not),
struck down with it
"taken by it"
dying from it
don't mention it!
Don't say it!
It
It
It.

Certain?
Certainly!
Certainty.
Uncertainty.
What's certain?
Tomorrow isn't certain.
Was our upbringing?
Were our children?
Was our adulthood?"
Will our history?
Certainty?
Certainly uncertain.

Questions.
Where have I?
What have I?
Why have I?
What does it?
Where does it?
Why does it?
How long have I got?
Where
What
Why?
Why?
Why!

Care.
Who cares?
The help.
The treatments.
The cures.
Surgery.
Chemotherapy, 
radiation therapy, 
hormonal therapy, 
targeted therapy.
Where are the promises in all that therapy?
Therapy 
therapy 
therapy!

Language becomes personal.
You must have an internal...
You must give us...
We need, 
we must have,
your blood,
your urine,
your feces.
Book here for..
X-rays,
tests,
biopsies,
poking,
prodding,
we must explore for the unexpected. 
"Unexpected bleeding in the bagging area!"
Lumps and bumps.
Breasts.
Prostate.
Anus.
Lungs.
Unexpected 
Unexpected 
Unexpected.

Statistics.
1.9 million.
1 in 2 men
1 in 3 women
200 different.
36%.
375,400.
167,142.
50%.
30%.
25%
10%
Stage 1, 2, 3, 4!
Doubled.
Twice as.
four times as much as...
It's all statistics. 

Side effects.
Hair loss.
Weight gain.
Weight loss!
Bloating and bleeding.
Blood when you cough.
Blood when you sneeze.
Blood when you vomit.
Blood when you.
Blood when...
Blood.
Blood. 
Blood.

Changes.
Breathlessness.
Change.
Chest pains.
Change.
Moles.
Change.
Itchy or flaky?
Change.
Size.
Changing.
Different.
Changing.
Have I.
Changed?

...and has it changed the way I'll die?