The reality of cancer

Although it has been a long time, his death has really left a void in my heart and it has made me realise that we seldom take some things seriously until they affect us directly or they affect someone close to us. In my case, I never considered cancer to be any of my business. I have always regarded it as a disease for  'white people'.

Never did I ever think that it could affect me or any of my relatives or friends. After all, I had never seen or heard of anyone so close to me being diagnosed with cancer, let alone, dying of the disease. So, to me cancer was just an impractical disease - one that is only heard of in overseas countries.