F**k You Cancer

Today, I found out that there’s a 98% chance that my dad has cancer and it made me think: why do bad things happen to good people? Why does life a tendency of knocking you down when you have only just gotten up?

There are a whirlwind of thoughts running through my mind; “what happens if it is cancer?” and “am I going to lose him?”

My head is in a dangerous place right now, I can’t stop myself from thinking the worst.

 

I hear about cancer every day, I sympathize with those who struggle with it but I never thought that it would ever reside in somebody that I loved. It’s one of those taboo words that nobody wants to talk about, some even refer to it as ‘the C word.’ It has been said that cancer is inside everybody, it’s just a matter of triggering it, yet nobody ever imagines the possibility of having to go to the hospital to treat it- and nobody can imagine the pain that comes from hearing that you or somebody close to you has the disease.

 

My dad said earlier that he feels as if he’s being punished for something terrible he did in a past life. But I think that if there was a God up there, he would have made sure that cancer didn’t exist in the first place. Now all we can do is hope: hope that everything will be all right and, most importantly, hope that one day, a cure for cancer is found. But, until that day comes, I’m screaming from the top of my lungs- “f**k you cancer!”

Author's Note

My dad went to the hospital today to have a cyst removed from his neck, but just before he had the operation, the nurse noticed a growth where his tonsils used to be and she's 98% suspicious that it's cancer. So she took a sample of it and sent it off for a biopsy and my dad gets the results back on Monday.

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[Coyote Poetry]

I pray he doesn't have the cancer. Sometime Doctors and nurses make mistakes. I hate cancer also. Young or old. We need our family with us. If they catch the cancer early. Can be cured. My poor brother defeated cancer three times. We must always stay positive and hold hope.
Coyote

[Laura Harrison]

Thank you Coyote :)