Cancer Takes Everything

Something you all might not know about cancer... It takes EVERYTHING. No matter how positive and strong you are, it slowly and eventually takes everything from you. It takes your integrity, your sense of humor, your privacy, your body, your mind, your hair, your memory, your appetite, your vocabulary and your spirit. It takes so much more than that too. Things you'll never understand unless you yourself are faced with that terrible reality. I read this poem on Facebook today. It's an Alzheimer's poem and it describes things from an Alzheimer's patients point of view. I read it and immediately burst into tears because, little do people know, this is what eventually happens to people with terminal cancer. This is the end. This is heartbreaking but this is the level of love and patience that I had for my beautiful auntie even when she could hardly say my name. I would do it all over again every single day of my life. I would never give up on her. It's hard for people to understand the reality of cancer and what it really takes from the sick ones and the loved ones alike. There are things you'll never understand about our/Robbie's journey but this will give you a little insight on just how hard things can get. One thing you should know though is that even though this is what became of our angel near her final days here on Earth with us, she would have suffered through it for as long as she had to if it meant she could stay with us.