Does anyone read this comic strip. The writer is from Akron so a lot of the items in it are Cleveland related. Anyways around 6 years ago one of the characters had breast cancer. He did a wonderful series on it and really hit home on a lot of issues. THere is even a book out called "lisa's Story".
Now six years later Lisa's cancer has come back. And I am horribly upset by this. Maybe because I too am at six plus years, maybe because I know what the outcome in this has to be, and maybe because I am just sick and tired and seeing my friends get so sick and now the one thing I enjoy reading in the morning is sad too.
I have to wonder if someone the writer is close to has cancer. He has it the mark too many times where I turn and say... that is exactly how I feel.
I have not seen the comic strip but I know just how you feel. I always feel like Im waiting for the bomb to drop again, and not just on me I see it with other people too.
My best friend had breast cancer 4 years aga, they caught it VERY early. Just a pea size lumpectomy and 6 weeks of rads. Two years later she had thyroid cancer, they did a lumpectomy again and this time no rads. It scares me to death wondering if there will be a 3rd time for her.
I hate this disease and what it does to us. Sorry to be so down but I just had to say something.
I read Funky Winkerbean. The rumor here is that the High School is actually Westerville High School, here in Westerville OH, not that it matters, it certainly resembles a mid-western area. The writer has certainly hit on several important issues, divorce, war, and cancer. I was sorry to read that Lisa is having a recurrence. Hopefully she will beat the beast for good this time. Sometimes writers, and non-writers too, find it cathartic to write about what is, for them, out of control. I hope that whomever he is writing about gets well soon.
It seems that our fears never really go away. I am suppose to NEVER get the type of breast cancer I had "again". BUT they have never said I won't get some type of B/C again. So, I fear mammos and doctor visits and sometimes have to fight the fear.
Love and hugs to you,
Candy
Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work: if one falls down, his friend can help him up. Ecclesiastes 4:9-10