If Today Was Your Last Day

“Will, right now, it does not seem like we have very many options for you. Your prognosis curve shows a 5 and 10-year survival rate of…” my oncologist's words begin to muffle. My ears start to ring. My head is down. I am looking at my hands, squeezing them tightly, pulling my fingers. I am trying to hold back the tears welling in the corners of my eyes. My sister is sitting across from me holding the phone with my mom on the line. I see the words wash over her as she begins to understand. I look back up. Aggressively, I retort, “So, what are we dealing with here then? Are we just hoping the surgery took care of everything, even though we found residual cells?” “I cannot really say. There is no research for patients with a history like yours.” <a href="https://medium.com/@williamyank/if-today-was-your-last-day-6dfd55de1635">Read More</a>