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Hi guys, how are you today? it’s a running joke amongst my friends. A sentence I often say, because your not allowed to do something or eat something. “It’s just something else Cancer has taken from me” I used to have a jaguar Xjr outside my house. An absolute beast, my wife always wanted me to get rid of the car that did 4mpg. I eventually gave in when my mobility became compromised and the driveway started to become brown instead of the blue granite chip I had put down. When it left and I was asked how I felt. My reply was “it’s just something else Cancer has taken from me”
it’s somewhere in Coventry now.
Another major thing I had to give up, was blue cheeses. Man I love the stuff, like runny boiled eggs, and runny fried eggs. What u say in the US.. Over easy?? These were just a couple of things. Rare meat, biscuits that had been opened a day previous. Fruit that was not seemingly taken straight from the tree. If you did have fruit it needed to be washed well. Same as now, nothing has changed, no bbqs, no driving. Just basically life is not your own you have to submit to Cancer and let it run your life. If you don’t then it WILL win. You have to accept you are weaker than you were before, accept that you are now under medical care. Accept that your body is now being used by the medical profession to help you prolong your life.
Really, did I do any of this. Of course I did whilst thinking I would like to help others by keeping a record of how I felt daily. When I decided to do a daily blog, I just hoped 1 person a day would read it, but hoped it would help them. Still not many people read them but I do get some positive feed back. You can find all I have written since preparing for isolation at
http://www.fonzandcancer.com
Maybe you can’t relate to anything I say, but your not meant to. Your supposed to think about your own life and how your path has taken you to reading this blog. Why we are connected through a few words. Is it fate, is it just how our God has connected us. What ever the reason it’s a reality. What I dearly love doing daily, is making a differance. Hoping that somewhere someone would be able to put these words into thier own life and make it better. That somehow the crap we have faced is for a reason and not just a stumbling block.
I don’t believe anything is there to trip us up, it’s there to make us look and take notice. To help us decide what route to take. To look and go “well hey that won’t happen again”
That’s what I said the first time I got Cancer, but when I got it again I just realised the journey is supposed to be for others too. That’s when I decided to set up Cancer stories ( friends ) we all have a story, fight, or a battle. It’s called life. But what’s the point in not using our exsperiences to help others right?
I have learnt to love my life, even with Cancer in it. I have learnt to love the people that have chosen to stay in it even though I was riddled with Cancer. I have also chosen to give when you feel you can’t, to be positive when life is so very very hard.
What will you choose?
Mark
http://www.fonzandcancer.com if you can’t find my blog, you can get the latest 1 at 6 am gmt daily at Fonzandcancer.com
Good day I am so delighted I found your weblog, I really found you by error, while I was browsing on Aol for something else, Regardless I am here now and would just like to say thank
you for a fantastic post and a all round exciting blog (I also love the theme/design),
I don’t have time to go through it all at the moment but I have saved it and also
added in your RSS feeds, so when I have time I will be back to read a lot more, Please do keep
up the fantastic work.
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Thanks charli, look forward to getting your feedback later on. 😎
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Mark – your blog has helped me at a difficult time, your words of encouragement and love are inspirational and uplifting. Much love x
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Hearing it helps just you is amazing Maria, and I really want to thank you for letting me know. By doing so you in turn have encouraged me. Oh the irony 😊
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Reblogged this on pandyb.
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Your blog and the cancer stories group continue to help people so keep writing and doing what you do! Keep the faith!
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Yes Mark you did right in setting up Cancer Stories and I feel that it is being a help to a lot of people without you getting a lot of feedback. Remember that some people see what you write and are sometimes too ill to set too and write something down. That said I know that what you write makes a lot of sense to a lot of people.
So keep writing my son – you are a blessing to many people.
Love dad
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