The Ugly Thing We Call Cancer

I'm finding today that I'm becoming very upset about my Uncle's recent diagnosis with cancer. We don't know exactly what kind of cancer it is or at what stage it is at. He has a mass the size of an egg on his spine near his tailbone that has eaten away some of his tailbone. He also has growths in his lungs and he is in a lot of pain. His cancer is very serious in nature and we will find out this week if he is terminally ill or if they can treat his particular type of cancer. Traditionally bone cancer is very invasive and usually not treatable and very painful, but everyone is being optimistic. I feel bad for my Aunt and their family during this sudden life changing news.

I guess the thoughts in my head today is that you keep hope and be positive and be supportive, but it's not all that easy. My uncle is tough but he has already said he does not want to do chemo. This may be able to be treated with radiation. They have already started him on steroids to shrink the masses on his spine. This goes back to my earlier posts about cancer. It's a very random and ugly disease that seems to seeping into everyones lives more predominately these days. How many more of our loved ones are going to be affected by its various forms.