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It's about living life with cancer!

another milestone…

Wow! 67 today! What’s ironic to me is that I just looked up the length of life for someone with a diagnosis like mine and found out that I was supposed have less than a year left! Damn! I don’t […]

Wow!

Wow… 67 on Thursday! Statistics states that someone with a diagnosis such as mine(stage 4 lung cancer!) has 6 to 11.3 months left of life! Thanks to God, I am in my 7th year! #FAITHWORKSFORME!

grateful…

The title is self sufficient. There is nothing else to say. Only, I do have something to say! You see, 7 years ago my life not only changed, but had to change! At first I was lost. The news from my primary care physician […]

dream of infinity…

i dream infinity  every other night  it brings me closer  to God’s guiding light  in this life i live  i have no doubt  it’s full of love  and my heart is stout  as my battle rages and my war goes […]

Barclays…

I went to a Nets basketball game with my brother on Friday. Here’s another one off my bucket list! This was a long time coming for me. The last Net game I saw in person was when they were in […]

my haikus…

living life is like  being caught in the middle  of running rapids! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx hearing the snow melt is one of those special things  that makes life worthwhile! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx hey, forget your phone  you love it more than yourself  it’s time […]

i…

when i don’t know  if the next sunrise  is my last  i make sure  not to miss any! i have no regrets  i made choices  i decided my direction  right or wrong  it’s who i am  when i don’t know  […]

the con-quest…

the con-quest… albeit constantly confirmed by my doctors, the implausibility of my situation continues to perplex, confuse and confound them! so consequently i conscientiously contend their diagnosis of me. not meaning to confront nor condescend, i am extremely confident in […]

remember…

retrace the steps  of summers  past  back in a  time  with many  laughs  i close my  eyes  and reminisce  the faces  fade  of former  bliss  i wonder where  the time  went within my  mind  young thoughts  i vent  now all […]

I, Cancer!

(a cancer perspective!) This week for my segment I decided on a poem. I love this hot weather but sometimes it’s much too hot to ride during the day. free… knowledge of cancer  washed over me  like a tidal wave  […]

Choice…

I, Cancer! (a cancer perspective) I am diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer and mantle cell lymphoma! Sometimes I feel like I can’t breathe, but it’s the disease that causes this. Being that this disease is deadly, I did not […]

I, Cancer!

(a cancer perspective) This week was beautiful for bike riding. I put an emphasis on seeing different things around the city. So I rode to Harlem just to see the exhibit of the Statue of Liberty laying down on the […]

I, Cancer!

(a cancer perspective!) On June 29 I will be diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer for 6 years! I don’t take my life for granted so I am so thankful to the God for giving me the strength to fight […]