tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19802617.post7194649367880449679..comments2024-01-17T04:14:40.892-05:00Comments on A Pastor's Cancer Diary: May 28, 2008 - Slo-Mo Gets Even SlowerCarlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00540884672406337833noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19802617.post-91162533381552234052008-06-01T14:41:00.000-04:002008-06-01T14:41:00.000-04:00Thanks for the kind words, Wendy. I'm glad you're...Thanks for the kind words, Wendy. I'm glad you're finding that my observations are making a difference.Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00540884672406337833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19802617.post-39857667246702077632008-05-29T20:55:00.000-04:002008-05-29T20:55:00.000-04:00Dear Carl,I hope you realize the great service you...Dear Carl,<BR/>I hope you realize the great service you are doing by sharing your survivorship journey in this blog. Your story helps smash the near-universal image of cancer as a galloping "beast," ready to kill if not stopped by aggressive regimens of anticancer therapies. <BR/><BR/>The media tends to focus on dramatic health crises; indolent cancers or cancers that are controlled with mild therapies are "too slow motion" for good sound bites.<BR/><BR/>You also demonstrate in fine fashion the notion that people can live well even if not in remission. A year or so ago someone, upon hearing I was back in treatment said, "Oh, I'm sorry you're sick." I answered, "Thanks, but I'm not sick. I just have cancer." <BR/><BR/>I'm not diminishing the difficulties of people who are sick from their therapies. Believe me, I've been there. But many survivors are not sick; they just have cancer.<BR/><BR/>Enjoy the slo-mo. Lookin' good.<BR/><BR/>with hope,<BR/>WendyWendy S. Harpham, MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09167276216970598762noreply@blogger.com