granny10's Cancer Blog
October 22, 2009
I have often thought of going thru cancer, like entering a marathon dance. We are told we have this horrible thing growing inside of us & it is going to led us where ever it wants, until we fall or quit. The ole marathon dancers were given a number & told they could not quit dancing or even stop for a second or they lose. They would dance for hours & hours. Sometimes turning into days & nights. On and on they would dance, no matter how they felt, hurting, hungry, tired, exhausted and couldn’t even hold their heads up, much less dance. They just kept on going and going. Out there, on the dance floor, with everyone looking on, screaming,crying, praying, supporting their every move, until the DANCE was over. For everyone here, our dance partner is cancer. He leads our every move and we have little choice but to follow. And follow we do, thru the surgery two-step, radiation tango, chemo jitter-bug, new treatments, old treatments, what ever he throws at us we do, because our partner will not let us stop dancing. Someone always wins, but there are oh, so many losers. I wish, there were no losers, but since our wishes don’t always come true, we must keep on dancing, but know this. We never dance alone! We have God, our family, loved ones, friends and everyone here on Blog For A Cure is willing to cut-in & be your new partner. Just knowing we are not dancing alone, makes it easier to keep on dancing.
So true it does seem never ending, because even after it is over there are follow up visits for the rest of our lives. What??? a never ending dance, I know I have God as my partner and will let that nasty cancer be the c**p stuck on my shoe. When it comes down to it we are alone as far as keeping the faith and belief even after we lose so much. We dance a warrior dance. love ya, sharron
Posted on very nice post, sandy. and so true. i am never alone. sometimes it feels that way, but then i just have to remind myself that there is always someone who cares. just so you know, i care about you, sandy. keep the faith. debby
Posted on Hey Girlfriend…So true, so true. I sometimes feel very isolated and lonely because, when it comes right down to it, I’m gona be the one that has to do this marathon dance alone. I often wish I could just quit and sit out one set but we are not given that option. Like I’ve said before, If there was an exit on this highway to hell, I’d take it.
Good, thoughtful post…
Hugs
Teresa
Posted on beatifully written post! great analogy. sure makes sense.
what a crappy dancing partner! ha.
i always think of a quote i heard a long time ago, from where i don’t know,,but it makes sense of so many things.
“you would give everything for what you have”
as bad as it seems, as hard as life sometimes gets, it is still precious, and OURs…
so we put on our dancin shoes…don’t we?! keep dancin granny, we are all on the floor with you! hugs!
Posted on Nicely written. Thank you. Life with or without cancer have been referred to as a dance. Dance implies life, vigor, enthusiasm, sensuality and pure fun. Even with cancer we can continue to approach life as a dance and truly live, while we can.
I’d have to say that cancer doesn’t have to be the lead. Even if cancer is killing us, we can still take the lead and make our dance into whatever we want it to be. I like the thought of dancing our way in and out of treatment. Not to be morbid, but we can even dance our way to death. Why trudge along drearily when we could be dancing, if not in body, in spirit?
Posted on Sandy,
Thanks so much for your encouraging words. I am feeling like I’m almost through and hope I can help others the way I was helped. You keep on
keeping up the fight.
Hugs
Anna
Posted on When called to the dance floor, don’t forget to put on your Red Dancing Shoes…They give you the courage to step onto the dance floor no matter what song is being played. We don’t get to choose the songs.
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Thanks for your support - 
