Long term metastatic cancer survivors and Hope

unclaw2002
unclaw2002 Member Posts: 599
edited March 2014 in Esophageal Cancer #1
All,

In doing research on EC metastasizing to the liver I found this article titled “Living on the Edge” - A growing population of patients have emerged: long-term metastatic cancer survivors. available at http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/article.show/id/2/article_id/1463 (cut and paste the link in your browser to access the article).

From that article was a quote that was touching and is a great compliment to Kitten’s great quote “"Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about dancing in the rain."

“There is no better balance or perception of life than when dancing on the edge of a cliff. ... With each step there are ups and downs, ins and outs, the unknowns, the spontaneous energies of balance—death and life, good and bad, despair and hope—that are there to embrace. … For those of us who dance on the edge it is important to grasp the promise that lies in the next step as each one brings more options, better treatments, and very soon—a cure. Wanna dance?" Suzanne Lindley - www.beatlivertumors.org


There is Hope for all the victims of EC. Most importantly when dancing perhaps a powerful healing can come from a change in our thoughts to start LIVING with cancer, instead of dying from cancer. I definitely wanna dance.

My thoughts and prayers are with each of you as we all dance our way through this journey.

Best,
Cindy

Comments

  • sal314
    sal314 Member Posts: 599 Member
    #2
    Thanks for the Link...
    It was very uplifting. The only thing that was a little discouraging was that there were no EC survivors mentioned:( I've been looking for some kind of postive stories about that! My father is doing so incredibly well, yet his depression is holding him back from making the most of every day! If having stage IV mestatic EC cancer doesn't rattle you into living, what will??? So very frustrating!

    Blessings,
    Sally
  • cjmac49
    cjmac49 Member Posts: 100
    #3
    sal314 said:

    Thanks for the Link...
    It was very uplifting. The only thing that was a little discouraging was that there were no EC survivors mentioned:( I've been looking for some kind of postive stories about that! My father is doing so incredibly well, yet his depression is holding him back from making the most of every day! If having stage IV mestatic EC cancer doesn't rattle you into living, what will??? So very frustrating!

    Blessings,
    Sally

    Definition of a Survivor
    The National Cancer Institute, which formally defines the word on its Web site: "An individual is considered a cancer survivor from the time of diagnosis, through the balance of his or her life.

    So every day your father is a survivor.

    Jim

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