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Supporter: Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

Ok, this has to be said. Dear Cancer, you sux…. You thought that you would just hang around and we would not find you until it was too late…. But the jokes is on you. We have a great family Doctor – Debra Riley, who was not going to give up until she found what the cause of Tim’s pain She send us to Lourdes where we were teamed up with a great oncologist group – Dr. Skinner. Even though we had to wait 4 long days to find out that you did exist, our love and faith never faltered. You might have won this battle, but oh my dear cancer that war is far from over. So Tim and I faced the truth and took the treatments and were waiting on the next 21 days to pass. But oh no…Mr. Cancer, you had other ideas. You decided to hit him with a rare double hit cancer, you were thinking, oh yea I have won another battle. But again you underestimated us. We are strong and even though Tim’s body might be ravished from the chemo, he is a WARRIOR and has the heart of a LION and will not give up the fight. Do I hurt to see Tim suffering, hell yea, but it only fuels the fire and fight inside me. Because his pain is my pain, and right now we can handle anything you think you have to throw at us. Tim is the one that has to deal with pain, tiredness, nausea, and headache and just plain feels like crap. I can’t imagine how he feels and I don’t pretend to know how he feels. But he has me and our family to help him through this and that my dear Mr. Cancer will never change. I would walk through fire for him. As for me, you have picked the wrong one to deal with, I have too much of the Turner/Davis blood running through my veins and we never give up on anything, much less something like you. SO be warned Mr. Cancer, you wanted a fight and a fight is what you have gotten, because I have put on my BIG girl panties, hitched them up and I am ready to go to battle with you. Not only are we ready for battle, but we have the love and support of our family and friends, that is wrong I can’t call them friends, because they aren’t not just friends, they are FAMILY. Because no one fights alone. So Mr. Cancer, bring it on……because #WEGOTTHIS…………. Sincerely, your most willful and determined adversary
Oct 30 2015 11:52am |
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