There’s a semi big frustration, on par with hitting McDonalds at 10:31 AM, one minute after breakfast closes, and being told there’s nothing you can do to get your sausage McMuffin and hash browns.
“You have 9 months to live”
It’s is pretty scary, especially when you pass that 9 month allotment and realize that as smart as your doctors may be, it will ALWAYS come down to God’s will and you have to start planning for your life!
When you are diagnosed with cancer, everybody thinks that is your trial. The truth is, I still have a life and all the drama and disappointments that come along with it. I just have cancer as my cherry on top, and that really puts a delay on life sometimes. I have as many dreams and aspirations as the next person, but I also have been told that I’m not going to make it. This last week, all of my finger tips went numb on my left hand, and my face is still just as numb. I feel so frustrated and helpless. When I was little I always thought parents, family, bishop, and doctors could solve all of my problems.
“It’s scary to have a problem that nobody can solve, and that not even mommy can kiss better. ”
When doing some research on the perks of having cancer, I came across a comment that basically said, if you think there are perks to having cancer you are absolutely wrong. There are NO perks to having cancer and if you think that there are, well then you probably have brain cancer.
Nobody wants to be told they have cancer, or 9 months to live. But we learn to deal with it. And even though we may never be able t completely overcome it, we learn to find blessings or (perks) along the way.I’ve been through Hell and back this last year. But I’ve also been to Hawaii, made it 7 months past when I was supposed to die, been indoor skydiving, Disneyland, in a hot air balloon, in magazines, on tv, had my own race, met amazing people, been to multiple new states. I have also lost a lot of friends, family and hair. But I’ve learned a lot more than what I have lost, and that is what matters.
-Rachel Stratton
www.prayersforrachel.com
“I can do hard things”
