Nick,

What a great gift you have given with this forum. 

Cancer has taken my younger brother Darrell several years ago.  A brain tumor found too late to operate.

My wife battles Breast Cancer as we speak.  3 Years now.  She goes in for a Cscan tomorrow as she has been having some terrible headaches, lately.  Pam is one of those people that everyone wants to talk to, when we are out in public.  Must be her Scorpio sign.  She has complete strangers strike up conversations, in the grocery store, the pet store, just about anywhere we go.  She has never met a stranger.

Thanks for sharing this space Nick.

Jim

To A Friend

To A Survivor

I feel the rain of cold sweat run down my back,

as I sit in a gown of pure white

Knuckles hurting with a fire burning pain,

as I sit waiting in total fright

The doctor’s lips move slowly,

as I try to make out the answer

The only word which invades my ears,

is the dreaded word "Cancer"

The images that must go through one's mind,

is a question I have many times thought

Fighting back the fear,

an answer from the Holy Father I sought

All my friends and family,

have helped make me be a striver

And because of their combined love,

I am now a cancer survivor.

Nick Sym