Through this blog I will attempt to pass on as much information about my battle with cancer as I can possibly convey with text. While it is titled My Cancer Journey, it is by no means all mine, I have a beautiful family to fight for , my wife and daughter. From them will come the inspiration and strength that I will require to carry on the fight.
This is the day mine and my family's lives changed forever. This is the day I was officially handed my diagnoses of cancer. Cancer...a word that strikes fear into everyone, and we were no different, we tried to listen to the explanations of type , treatments, and the big plan to try and beat this monster. There was no way to take it all in, there was so much information, paperwork, and facility tours.
We couldn't believe it, was this really happening to our family? Was it a bad dream? It was neither, it was our new reality. Emotions were high, tears were shed, and for quite a bit there was nothing but silence. Silence because of not knowing what say. Just alone with our own thoughts.
This was exactly a week before Christmas, we decided to keep this information from everyone except for immediate family so we didn't have to deliver news such as this to close friends directly before Christmas.
Christmas for us this year was not the usual, yes of course there was Christmas trees, lights and lots of presents, it was a little low keyed. There were more important things to think about, basically what was to come. How our lives would change. The unknowns.
