Chronicles of a
Cancer Patient

I walked outside the hospital and sat on the bench that people sit at when they wait for the bus. I read the report and I cried.

“The current PET study is unremarkable. On the prior study the patient had marked abnormal increased uptake in the mediastinum, right paratracheal and right hillar regions. On the current study, this has resolved completely and is no longer visualized.”

I want to run and jump and scream and climb a tree. No, I want to take a plane ride once all the way around the world, waving out the window as I go. I want a goddamn ticker tape parade right down 5th Avenue!

I’m tough as nails. I’m a cancer survivor.

I AM A CANCER SURVIVOR!