goat wrote:
Three of my family members have/had cancer. One has recovered, one is still battling, and one died. The one who recovered is my mother in-law, and fortunately the closest one. She had uterine cancer (stage 4-5, I think, so we were pretty sure she was on borrowed time when she got diagnosed. I'm really happy she recovered!). However, she still has a lot of problems due to the treatment, so she isn't completely problem free.
The one who died was my aunt. Although not completely close, I think she was one of my favorite aunts. She always had a couch to sleep on every time I was on those parts of the country, and I really loved her and her spirit. Unfortunately she had a bit of Münchhausen by proxy syndrome in regards to her kids, and somewhat of a hypochondriac, so it was a bit of a chock when it turned out that she was actually telling the truth about her throat cancer, and how severe it had been. I'm really sad that I wasn't there to see her before she died. I wrote her a letter, and unfortunately she didn't get it before she had already passed (However, I had a dream a few weeks ago (although its been 5 years, and I don't really think about it that much actually) where I met a very sick and almost decomposed version of her, so I could tell her all the things I've written in the letter).
The last one, still in battling, is my uncle. Also throat cancer. Although obviously sad, I don't have any close relation to him, and he has been battling for quite a few years, but didn't take the treatment very serious in the beginning. He's also an alcoholic, so that doesn't really help him in his recovery either. I feel sympathy for all his siblings who is obviously worried about him, but other than that, it isn't something thats on my mind that often.