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I mentioned that I wrote this poem in about an hour. I sent a copy to a friend who mention that I should probably say something about the fact that I’ve been around for 16 years after having been diagnosed. I thought about that and realized that should probably be at the end, but then the 16 years time hit a thought that I had way back when I’d been diagnosed.
When I was diagnosed, the first thing I thought about was, am I gonna be alive in five years? That really bothered me for a long time. I suspect that thought also comes to many other people that first get diagnosed. I realized that fit in the very first stanza, so I changed it to include that fear, that I’d always had way back then.
Not sure this rings a bell with other people, but the group I first read it to really like that being included.
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@jeffmarc absolutely...the emotions I had in early June when MRI and biopsy confirmed..I was in shock, had to beg to get in to see my urologist..I teared up..she stood back and finally handed me a box of Kleenex and as she left the room for another patient, she patted me on the shoulder and said " in my professional opinion, you should still be around in 5 yrs" then she was gone..I knew I was on my own on this one..but got enrolled with Urology Austin oncology group who have been pretty caring along the way...but I have Googled my Gleason score and other particulars for prognoosis at least once a week since..it can make you a bit crazy...plus it is a commitment of time attention, discipline..finances, taking the medication, show up for radiation, make yourself go to gym..and sadly, some of your "friends" drop you cause of the cancer word..I knew when I saw the results it was gonna change my life around, and it has..but I am ok..