munro2's Cancer Blog
March 3, 2010
So my sister contacts 2 weeks ago and my brother is dead.
What happened?
Well, he died of cancer.
6 weeks after the doctor told he had it gone.
I did not even know he was sick.
It must have burned thru him like a fire.
Here I am coming out of a long battle almost 5 years looking around trying figure out where to start regaining my fitness and the axe falls on my brother like that.
A finger snap, bang! he’s gone.
Makes once again wonder why I get the buy and others fall so fast.
I mean this my full blood born 2 years after me.
Like I know I beat odds already right? the numbers on who gets on metastic lung cancer are dismal to say the least.
I was refused surgery because I was not a canidate, to many tomuers in too many distant places in my lungs.
3 of them 4 cm across
Puts a fella thinking of cementary plots and how much they cost.
Then just a little chemo, really all they said they could do was slow it down a little give me a few more months.
And they just melted away, just like that, it all seems more like a bad dream is all now.
I never forget the doctor telling me the news said “There is the odd one”
The number is 5%
1 out 20 gets a pass no reason they know of, once in a while it just happens, they call it a dramatic reaction to chemo
No body knows why me and not somebody else.
Do I pray better then the next guy?
I think not.
Fate is A fickle lady they say, maybe tomorrow I walk in front of a bus.
Such is life.
I am so very sorry for your loss. I understand how you feel. My 35 year old sister died from breast cancer that spread to her brain in 1958 leaving two young children. I was 16 at the time. I am 68 now and I still don’t understand WHY she died and I am still here.
My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
Hugs, Joyce In NC
Posted on i am so sorry to hear of the death of your brother. cancer really does not make any sense at all, does it. i will be praying for you and your family. hugs, debby
Posted on December 9, 2009
Finished my 3 month stint of chemo last friday.
Still haven’t got back my blood count but it will come soon as always takes about 10 days.
Then all have to is think good thoughts and wait til feb. to get a scan. Always got to give it time to work it has been my exspearense that the tumor might be toasted but it takes my body time to take out the trash so to say.
I hear all time with newbes going on about getting treatment and crying nothings happen meanwhile is has only been 2 or 3 days.
No body waits for anything thease days they go right nuts when the drive thru runs slow but get the big c and you learn to wait or go crazy and end up offing your yourself with stress that you just don’t need on top of all the rest
So I know that I got to forward thinking vising that day in Feb. when the Doc says I got a clear scan nothing to see but good days ahead.
So long for now and keep your head up hey.
Thanks for your support - 
