Cancer and Chemo seems distant and memories faint. Three years is not that long ago. I was watching a NHK program following a young lady diagnosed with breast cancer. From diagnosis, to surgery, to chemo, radiation, then adjustment back into society.
It was interesting as it was a different path than my colon cancer, but then during one interview during her chemo treatment, I saw the look in her eyes. That look pierced through the tv screen and hit me square on. I recognized the look, but more than that, I felt what she was experiencing. That chemo feeling midway through, both physically, mentally and emotionally. Something I thought faded from my memory came rushing back.
People can sympathize, commiserate, but not fully understand. That yeuchy feeling, dreading the next pill, next chemo infusion, next feeling of your body adjusting to the poison flowing through your veins.
But that look. May you or your loved ones never recognize that look.
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