4.2.16

World Cancer Day!
Ive got to blog today.
Its gonna be an easy one cos I'm just gonna pretty much copy what I've put on FB.

'World Cancer Day.
If it comes knocking at your door, face it full on. Have belief you can beat it and you're more likely to beat it. Show it you're not scared of it. You will find strength you never knew you had. Whether you win or lose, you will feel proud that you took it on and gave it a run for its money. You are a fighter.'

This is my status today. I googled cancer quotes hoping to find something that took my fancy. But they've all been said before so i thought id make one of my own. 
But then i thought.......

'If it doesn't take our lives, it takes over our lives.'

That comes across negative, but its not meant to be. Its a fact. Its realistic.
Then this.......

World Cancer Day. 
I think most people are aware of cancer. What they're not aware of is the struggle for cancer victims to continue their lives. On my cancer support group just today are posts of, 
'I'm too ill to do my cleaning cos i feel so ill', although she has to stay spotlessly clean because of her low immunity, and any infection can make her seriously ill. 
'I need transport for hospital visits.' because she can't drive when having chemo. 
'I have no specialist cancer nurse to ask when i have a worry or fear,' and there are many on our journeys.
They're not aware of the amount of 'friends' who let us down, or who disappear altogether.
They're not aware of what a lonely place it is.
With many illness, you get rehab, but it doesn't seem to be available to someone who's had cancer and then had treatment that in a lot of instances, makes them worse, and for the long term.
We're sent home to just get on with it. 
Maybe the government should start making help available to the 1 in 2 people who will be touched by this horrid disease.

Im so fed up of people on my cancer support page feeling so down because people think they should be back to normal now the chemo has finished. Some have been accused of 'milking it'. Chemo damages an already damaged body, badly. And as if thats not enough,  the psychological effect is hideous. We all live a life of constant dread of its return.
Maybe the government should start helping their own people who are suffering as well as people from other countries that are in peril. But equally maybe we should all be educated how to help people with illness, cos one day, that could be you!