Day 300 - 'one' personal disease

Yep that's what cancer is.  When I started this blog I had hoped that it will help others, in which way I wasn't sure.  I've learned over the last few months that it seems to help people in many different ways. Some people it helps them to keep informed about my progress and treatment, others it shows them what protocols I am using so they can compare it with theirs, others they find it just interesting to read.  But for me it has also helped me personally in many ways. 

There are times I think about stopping it because it opens the door to criticism from others as to how I am handling things and negativity is NOT something I need to have brought into my brain I do enough of that myself ;-)...
  There are days I am so glad I started it, as people fill me with hope and understanding and show how much they care.  Today is a day that I am glad I have it so I can communicate and educate people about how personal 'C' is to every individual who has it. 

It's not a disease that you can say this will work and this won't.  Although with some cancers if you follow a specific protocol a cure is probable in your future.  When a person gets 'C' it is a very personal thing.  You have to make decisions that are not only specific to your disease by your lifestyle and your personal beliefs as well.  For people to make the statement that this or that has worked for others, or this is how they responded to that treatment is just not fair to the individual. It's a blanketing statement and does not treat each person unique with different symptoms, different 'C's, and different reactions and different beliefs.

No one can predict how they will act or react to each treatment, procedure or protocol that is given to them.  All you can hope is that the people around you are there to support your decisions, your wishes and your choices on moving forward. 

So please don't put us all in a box with a label that says this is how you are supposed to act or react. Please don't compare us to each other.  Treat each of us with an open mind and heart and understand that what we are experiencing is something unique, as each of us is and so are you, so is 'C'...'one' personal disease.

signed 'one' just needed to get it said, purple ladybug