Unravel Cancer: Experiences with family battling cancer: Anonymous

05 August 2009

10:46 Anonymous

A few friends have told me how brave I am for writing this blog. It was scary to get started for sure. I've never put anything I wrote, let alone inner thoughts, out for display in the public before. My biggest fear was criticism, which actually did happen a little bit.

But, in general, when someone reads something like this and makes it about themselves in the form of critique, well, it was about themselves & not the author, eh? :)

Which leads me to why my blog is relatively anonymous. When I first announced it to friends, I let them know that there was already enough pain & grief in my family right now. The last thing anyone needed was to read my "inner most thoughts" and interpret them for their own devices, usually destructive.

So, I've tried to hide a bit, because I don't want to make any waves. Being so far away from everyone makes me a natural scapegoat, even if my family members don't intend to do that. Many relationships with my family members, are not on solid ground. It's quite possible misunderstandings would flourish.

I hope all of you, dear readers, will understand where I'm coming from. Maybe as some time passes, and as the intense emotions that many in my family are feeling subside, more can be revealed.

Breathe.

I'm a 30-something professional woman who's mother & brother were both diagnosed with Grade 3 Astrocytoma tumors within about a week of each other. My mother's tumor is in her brain, and my brother's tumor is in his spinal cord, causing him to lose feeling in his arms & legs. These writings are about my experiences dealing with them, coping, loving them, loving myself, and living my life knowing that they are both dying. I hope you find inspiration and courage from my writings to help you get through whatever is going on in your life.

Lady Vroom

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