“Finally, the thing decided not to decide,

let us wash out with the tide. We are swimming again

and the ocean is very blue.  But there is a fin moving

beside us on the horizon, and though it disappears

from time to time in the bright sun

at dusk it is always there

circling.”

from Chronic Lymphocytic  Leukemia by Gail Rudd Entrekin

Those of you who love  someone who has cancer also suffer deeply. All too often, you suffer in silence fearing that you have no right to your own feelings of terror, anger, sadness and despair. You may feel as though your own problems are meaningless in comparison to someone who is thrashing about with a life threatening illness.

All of you whose lives are affected by cancer are profoundly touched.

Don’t hold in your feelings.

Your needs are important, too.

You don’t have to suffer alone.

Talk to someone …