Breast cancer awarenessWe are exposing out titsTo raise money for themWho's no longer existTheir breasts are goneDue to a diseaseA forum to make moneyTo help and easeI flashed mineWill you flash yours?Make a donationEase a person's situation?A mother suff...
I'm so happy you're okayI was worried sickI love to talk every dayGlad you came back quick Each day you'll get strongAnd hopefully the cancer is goneHere on earth is where you belongYou're my friend who I count on Those days without you were toughNot know...
Many prayers are being sentI'll think about you each dayI'm sad about your eventI'm sorry it has to be this way I pray it will be successfulAnd the cancer will go awayI know it must be stressfulI'd rather see you in a play You're my sweet friendI care abo...
I stand in my tiny kitchen to get a cool glass of apple juice. I grip the bottle tightly as I pour. I stop pouring, not because the glass is full, but because my hand shakes so violently. The shaking is worse now. I can barely hold anything without shakin...
Today is June 9th, 2015. I've gone in for my first three month checkup with my cancer surgeon. His specialty is urology, and he's also a surgeon, having worked at the Mayo Clinic. I trust he's good at what he does. Over three years ago my family doctor fo...
We used to call it the big "C"And it has had effects on me. The women in our world have wonOur pity for what fate has done. Great Aunts I never knew have passed,Their horrid war they lost at last.Too late my Meme saw her truth.We never will forget, in so...
The droning sound of my alarm clock shattered the peacefulness of my dreams, and I groggily hit the off button and then proceeded to stretch, stifling a yawn. The dim glow of the alarm clock read 6:00AM, and the sun had yet to rise. There was a lovely pin...
In 1996, at the age of 49, I joined the Army National Guard. I had served previously from the ages of 21 to 25 in the United States Navy. Therefore, when I became a soldier, I entered with the rank of Specialist. It was not quite the same as a Corporal, t...
I lie here in bed tonightMy wife sleeping in my sightQuiet is her breathing nowBreaks the silence of this night. Sometimes I wonder if a past loverWere lying here in your placeI cannot recall all their namesAt times not even their face. But all I see now...
My nursing career began at the tender age of 17. It was inevitable I suppose. As a child I looked after my siblings when they became ill. Placing cold flannels on their hot foreheads, fetching hot water bottles and applying bandages. Caring for the sick d...
Sure, I'll just walk behind you, breathe in the smoke blowing my way, that's bad for you, ya know, and even worse for your asthma, but you don't really care, do you? Why did you pick up that habit? Why did you start smoking? And I don't mean just the cig...
Guess you could say, "Why do I care? It's just hair..." But when you lose it, and that's out of your control... You do care. You wish for it back. I used to have my long, dark red hair down to the end of my back... I lost it half a year ago, Now I have a...
“Fully alive, more than most. Ready to smile and love life. Fully alive and she knows how to believe in futures.” -Flyleaf, Fully Alive. People look at me differently, now, I am something strange, a creature, not a person. I am acute myeloid leukemia, a d...
Many years of health Blessing flowed abundantly Laughter, love and peace Without permission Beneath the surface growing Tumors of evil Tears of fear crying Uncertain times lie ahead Love will get us through Sickness darkness light A vicious circle of heal...
© 2011, Lee Goldberg It’s often said before the dawn that darkness reigns and hope is gone. Right now I know that’s the way you feel. But dawn will come. You’ll see the sun. One day your struggle will be done. And you will be quite different when you heal...
