0 Cancer Sucks ~ It Has Hit Home Again!!!

I am writing this post with a heavy heart. Once again, cancer has reared it’s ugly head in our family. My sister-in-law has been diagnosed with Metastatic Breast Cancer, a Stage IV cancer. This is 14 years after her first battle with breast cancer. It is not fair and right now I want to kick and scream and ask God why. I know that God doesn’t cause this to happen, but why He hasn’t let all the doctors and researchers find a cure for this monster is beyond my comprehension.

Today my sister-in-law is in good spirits and is not in pain. She has done her research and knows what the odds are, and at this time she is determined to live with cancer. I am sure she will have those days when it is hard to accept this prognosis, but I know she is going to fight this fight with grace and dignity. She is a strong and resilient and has an amazing support system in our family.

Our family; both on my side and my husband’s side have been riddled with cancer and it makes one wonder why. I am sure there are other families that have numerous family members that have been diagnosed with cancer, but for right now we are feeling singled out and vulnerable.

The numbers are astounding; me, my daughter, 4 of my 5 sister-in-laws, my mother, my father, 3 uncles and 4 aunts. That totals 15 people diagnosed in the last 15 years. If you add to that the numerous friends that have fought the battle as well, it just doesn’t seem fair. Some have survived, some have not. We are not all from the same area; we did not all eat the same diet; most of us were not smokers, there is no constant in our lives. So why our family and friends?

I don’t have an answer and I probably never will know. One thing I do know is that I will continue my quest and do what I can to get the word out, to raise money for awareness and research. Like my sister-in-law so profoundly put it “please keep me in your thoughts and prayers, and make cancer research your charity of choice“.

Tonight cancer really sucks but “many blessings” is still my mantra, because I am blessed and I hope you are realizing you are too. Jan