So Glad I Joined

Wow to think that there are so many of us out here in this world fighting this terrible disease. Yet this disease is unable to keep us from logging onto a computer and giving support to one another in the form of information, laughter and of course prayers. I am shocked at how quickly people have reached out to me with advise or just welcoming me to this group. Although this is a group none of us wish we were part of and God willing one day we won't need these groups it's nice to know they are available. Does anyone find the holiday season just a little more special. This is my first holiday season since being diagnosed in March and I have already put up my Christmas light although I won't turn them on till Friday night after turkey day has come and gone. I will also put up my tree on Friday and decorate the inside of the house. I am so very glad to have joined this group and I hope to make plenty of friends in the upcoming months and then over the next few decades or so for cancer will not beat me even if it is stage 4. The way I look at it is that staging is just a number created by doctors based on patients that have come and gone. Some of them died from old age, other issues or just refused to fight the cancer and all of that factors into the statistics and makes them look worse than they really are. Doctors told me I had a 30-50% chance of being here in 5 years but God tells me that I have a 100% chance and that is why I have put my life in his hands. I hope everyone has a great night and again thanks in advance for any words you might offer up to me in my battle.....GOD BLESS