I don’t think anyone can say that cancer treatment does not change them. Hopefully their self transformation can be for the better. I know mine was.
One in two males will be diagnosed with some form of cancer in their lifetime; one in three women will hear the diagnosis as well. Shocking numbers and shocking statistics; there are people like you out there, people who are survivors, they are people like me.
I am living proof that going through cancer treatment can bring some difficult challenges but they can be overcome if you stay positive and stay focused.
Thank you to everyone who supported me during my treatment and those who continue to support me. You know who you are. I will sign off this blog with a poem I found while undergoing cancer treatment.
The Story of the Butterfly
A man found a cocoon of a butterfly.
One day a small opening appeared.
He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours
as it struggled to squeeze its body through the tiny hole.
Then it stopped, as if it couldn't go further.
So the man decided to help the butterfly.
He took a pair of scissors and
snipped off the remaining bits of cocoon.
The butterfly emerged easily but
it had a swollen body and shriveled wings.
The man continued to watch it,
expecting that any minute the wings would enlarge
and expand enough to support the body,
Neither happened!
In fact the butterfly spent the rest of its life
crawling around.
It was never able to fly.
What the man in his kindness
and haste did not understand:
The restricting cocoon and the struggle
required by the butterfly to get through the opening
was a way of forcing the fluid from the body
into the wings so that it would be ready
for flight once that was achieved.
Sometimes struggles are exactly
what we need in our lives.
Going through life with no obstacles would cripple us.
We will not be as strong as we could have been
and we would never fly.
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