Positive Cancer

Generally when I go to the gym I run into the same bunch of people. Some know I have metastatic cancer, while others are oblivious mostly because I look fairly healthy. You would think the one’s that are aware of my sickness would be tactful and understanding, but often the opposite is true. I wouldn’t have it any other way.

One friend often says “Sure you’re sick. Let me see your Cancer club membership,” to which I reply “I bet you’ve never been outbenched by a guy whose eligible for a handicap sticker.” This usually ilicits a laugh and a crass reply which I won’t repeat. It’s great to be able to joke about Cancer, and its very positive for me. Friends joke about many things, and in my case, my illness is one of them. Friends being normal around me seems strange;it seems strange that they wouldn’t joke around like they used to about every personal aspect of my life.

I just wanted everyone to know that having friends joke about your Cancer is okay, about your situation is okay. Usually those friends are the one’s that will be there for you when you need something, the one’s who understand your situation well enough to joke about it when your feeling okay, and deal with it when your not. Sure someone might think their strange, making light of your situation, but like the title says, Strange is Normal, at least to me.

Stay Positive, keep your mindset positive and surround yourself with positive people. Positive Cancer is all about being normal with yourself and others, even if normal is different. Besides who wouldn’t want to outbench a healthy person and then gloat about his constant battle with Cancer?