Jots and Tittles and other Random Things

Breast Cancer Awareness - Musings and Rantings

Cancer is a dirty, rotten, sneaking thief!
With the odds of 1 in 8, I think my family has been well represented.
My aunt struggled and eventually succumbed to this atrocity.
Cancer itself is just an overgrowth of cells that mutate.
It's cause isn't yet known, though theories are as plentiful as they are frustrating.
Will there ever be a cure? No one knows. I try to remain optimistic,
But time isn't a luxury for many who wait.

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Cure is not promised, though it is desperately wanted.
Always taking, never giving; it is a thief of devastation.
Never just satisfied with one, it goes upon its merry way;
Cutting a swath of pain and grief - it truly is unfair.
Everyone hopes and prays it never touches them; and I don't blame them at all. The
Reality is, that it's closer than you imagine.



There is a history of cancer in my family - of all kinds. One aunt had breast cancer, another had cervical. I lost a sister to multiple myeloma and my daughter is a survivor of renal cancer. My mom is being watched for it, as she is older, a lifelong smoker, and has lost two sisters to cancer. I would say, enough is enough. Wouldn't you?