It happened to me. It was like why did I ever have to go and get cancer and why should they suffer when I am the one with cancer.
The factual part first. They doctors do not know for sure what caused the cancer. It could be any one of several factors. It appears they do not know enough about the disease to even determine its cause. Look at the young children. They have not really lived long enough to have started any bad habits or diets. Yet they suffer right along with the rest of us.
Certainly, cancer is not fair. There is no disease that could ever be considered fair. Things happen to people and that is something we need to learn to deal with. We can do all the right things, it seems. We can see the doctor and do everything he or she says. We can pray for our continued health. But something sneaks in and takes over.
I know a musician who looks like he is in perfect health. He works out, eats health foods and tries to do everything to maintain a healthy lifestyle. But shortly after I was diagnosed, he learned that he had a softball size cancerous tumor in his chest cavity. As far as I know, how he contracted this remains a mystery.
We really cannot blame someone who has cancer. It is better to deal with the disease and focus on whatever it takes to defeat the cancer. While many factors can contribute to a delay in recovery, stress is certainly plays a major role in limiting the effectiveness of any treatment program.
So lets try not to play the blame game. Lets do all we can to get healthy and put the cancer chapter behind us.
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