I have long said that the mental aspect of our cancer is at least 50% of our battle and none of us really need a Dr or a study to tell us what our side effects may be because we know those first hand. Some of us get lucky, like me, and require no surgery; have recovered almost totally in taste and dry mouth issues; have no speech or swallowing issues; and have no other side effects to remind me of my cancer fight. Others are left with the extremes in all those categories and the rest fall somewhere in between. But one thing that we should never loose sight of is that we still are the lucky ones since we are still alive. For that we need to forget the "why me's" and "I don't deserve this's" and think only positive thoughts. We should forget the past us and concentrate on the future and thank whoever you believe in that we are still alive and able to do the things that we are able to.

Everyday is a new and vibrant day and we should be ecstatic that we wake up and are a part of it. It's funny but in some ways I feel like my life is better because I got this cancer.