Understanding Amidst Confusion
Survivorship Hello everybody. Thank you for giving me a chance to speak from my heart. Cancer is a very special cause to me. I am a cancer survivor. I was diagnosed with cancer of the post nasal space (that space where your ear, nose and throat meet) in 2004. I underwent chemotherapy and radiotherapy and one of the things that bothered me is the mental nature of the disease. I could stand here and talk to you all about the process, the battle, the diagnosis and side effects but I’m sure that most of you have heard the story over and over again. But today I want to talk to you about a side of the struggle that is rarely mentioned. I am a husband, a son, a brother, a friend, a cousin, a nephew, a colleague a patient, an acquaintance and so many other things to so many different people. But sadly enough the cancer journey is a lonely one. It is a journey that your parents will not understand, your friends will not understand, your sisters will not understand ...