My Cancer Is Not A 'Journey'. Here Are Some Other Words I'm Happy To Use “Cancer is an unexpected lodger who turns up, messes things up and causes chaos. You finally get rid of them, then realise they’ve kept the key.” From an article in the Huffington Post, title above. Nice read for those not mad on ‘journey’, ‘battle’ etc.

An unwelcome pet. A stray that wanders in and has been eaten all the birds in the garden before you even know it's there. Before you really see it, you are feeding that stray and it thinks your house is it's house.It finds it's way inside, it wants to sleep on your bed. Then you have to call a beast wrangler to drag the fucker out of your building. Given the general availability of beast wranglers, and the paperwork involved, the mongrel thing has probably pooed on your couch and chewed up your best dress before the expert arrives. It's evicted with a great howling and shedding of blood. Body parts are lost.Of course, its a protected species which you can discourage, but can only kill at risk of your own life.So, the bloody thing is now outside, looking in the back door, licking at the glass. It wants to come back in. Even if you pull the curtains so you can't see its beady little eyes staring at you, you know it's still out here.My unwelcome pet. Mxx

I prefer to say cancer is a disease and I am having treatment in order to eliminate or reduce recurrence. Journey...ugghhh.

Too true @Afraser,Whoever came up with "journey" needs their head read. I doubt any one of us likes that word and are inclined to slap people that say it to you.More like an epic freaking up hill trek while dodging falling rocks. An intruder that breaks in while you aren't looking and vandalizes your place then just ducks out the back and hides in the bushes.ughhh

My name for this is the INTERLOPER something or someone that becomes involved in a place where they are not wanted and do not belong love the BCNA network keeps me going. I don’t always post but read a lot there’s always something new and relevant.

I love the analogy of the bloody thing outside the back door licking the glass.Then you second guess yourself constantly, I did lock that door right?

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26 Replies

Flaneuse
Member
6 years ago
Thanks @Caz1. Agreed.
Caz1
Member
6 years ago
@May20019 I call it a shitty hurdle too....just another one to jump over...

@Flaneuse sending hugs , fingers crossed xx
Brenda5
Member
6 years ago
I love the analogy of the bloody thing outside the back door licking the glass.
Then you second guess yourself constantly, I did lock that door right?
arpie
Member
6 years ago
All the best for your tests, @Flaneuse - good that your new GP is onto it! xx
Afraser
Member
6 years ago
Best wishes @Flaneuse for a benign and reassuring explanation.
kmakm
Member
6 years ago
That's no good @Flaneuse. Wretched, wretched BC. I'll cross my fingers that it is nothing concerning. One step at a time dear friend. K xox
Flaneuse
Member
6 years ago
@BlackWidow I like "saga".
My saga of fatigue goes on and on.
I'm having my two-year scan tomorrow.
Saw my new GP today (my old one of 30 years retired in December) about a broad panel of rash under my remaining boob. It's not sore or itchy. Skin is thickened and rough. She's concerned. Now I am too. Imagining IBC. Oh well. Should know tomorrow or soon after.
May20019
Member
6 years ago
I really hate the use of 'journey' in the description of our cancer treatment. Breast cancer is one of the shitty hurdles that life has thrown at me but I am definitely not on a journey.
Jax1964
Member
6 years ago
my journey - tiptoeing thru a minefield with a blindfold on...
BlackWidow
Member
6 years ago
“Cancer is an unexpected lodger who turns up, messes things up and causes chaos. You finally get rid of them, then realise they’ve kept the key.” I like that, too, @Afraser. I've been known to call it a saga as it does go on and on at times.