Tuesday, May 17, 2005
2 years and still alive!
this is my turn to brag.
first, i want to say "fuck you" to the grim reaper, because he still hasn't got me. i know eventually my number will be up, but not yet.
second, this week (maybe even today, i am not exactly sure) two years ago was when i first noticed the symptoms of having cancer. it was this time two years ago when i was surfing around the poles between dee why and long reef beach, when i came off my board, slapping onto the water. that was when i thought i "bruised" my left nut. two weeks later, it still hurt, and swelled to about the size of a large lemon. one orchidectomy and four heavy rounds of chemotherapy later, plus a case of influenza in the middle which nearly killed me, i am still alive. these days i am healthy, happy, and enjoying my life. what more can i say? as this time of year rolls through, i am quietly reminded of my cancer experience. it is something that i am confronted with every day. but i know that it was the now two years ago (next year will be three, and in 50 years will be 52) when my life got a huge wake up call, and i was faced with the challenge of survival. here i am.
first, i want to say "fuck you" to the grim reaper, because he still hasn't got me. i know eventually my number will be up, but not yet.
second, this week (maybe even today, i am not exactly sure) two years ago was when i first noticed the symptoms of having cancer. it was this time two years ago when i was surfing around the poles between dee why and long reef beach, when i came off my board, slapping onto the water. that was when i thought i "bruised" my left nut. two weeks later, it still hurt, and swelled to about the size of a large lemon. one orchidectomy and four heavy rounds of chemotherapy later, plus a case of influenza in the middle which nearly killed me, i am still alive. these days i am healthy, happy, and enjoying my life. what more can i say? as this time of year rolls through, i am quietly reminded of my cancer experience. it is something that i am confronted with every day. but i know that it was the now two years ago (next year will be three, and in 50 years will be 52) when my life got a huge wake up call, and i was faced with the challenge of survival. here i am.
