Chronicles of a
Cancer Patient

Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. ~ African Proverb

Cancer changes your life, often for the better. You learn what’s important, you learn to prioritize, and you learn not to waste your time. You tell people you love them. My friend Gilda Radner (who died of ovarian cancer in 1989 at age 42) used to say, ‘If it wasn’t for the downside, having cancer would be the best thing and everyone would want it.’ That’s true. If it wasn’t for the downside. ~Joel Siegel

Damaged people are dangerous. They know they can survive. ~ Josephine Hart

At the timberline where the storms strike with the most fury, the sturdiest trees are found. ~ Anonymous

Snow and adolescence are the only problems that disappear if you ignore them long enough. ~ Unknown

By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity. Another man’s, I mean. ~ Mark Twain

Do not seek to have events happen as you want them to, but instead want them to happen as they do happen, and your life will go well. ~Epictesus, from The Encheiridion

The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing. ~ Marcus Aurelius

A bend in the road is not the end of the road… unless you fail to make the turn. ~ Author Unknown

Poisons and medicine are oftentimes the same substance given with different intents. ~ Peter Mere Latham