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Fear – a collaborative poem by Gilda’s Club Writing Workshop Summer 2015

What a surprise–it was never expected
What again?  Wow, God is trying to tell me something!
I hope I can beat the odds on this one.

Fear suffocates me, if I let it, but I can’t let it–can I?
So there’s no escape, I must exist with a new scarred reality

My diagnosis is not fatal
I fear my cancer growing somewhere in the body that will deem it inoperable.

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Chemotherapy Gratitude– a collaborative poem by Gilda’s Club Writing Workshop Summer 2015

It’s a mixed bag
My emotions run the gamut
The most disgusting and challenging experience of my entire life

For being alive in the moment, to love the sounds of birds in the morning
The yucky stuff going through my body is healing this sickness
God giving me another chance in life

What good does fear do?
It’s all good!
Paradoxes abound as my body struggles
Not to mention all the good gifts!

It’s both the end and the beginning.
For another day.  Friends, family, opportunity to be the best I can be.
Life and health

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Radiation – a collaborative poem by Gilda’s Club Writing Workshop Summer 2015

X-rays do your thing.
Hopeful to prevent future cancer cells
What an ordeal!
Making me weak and irritable
I hated radiation but the techs were great.
When it was zapping me I felt like it was healing me.
One acquaintance I met and discarded
Brighten up y’all!

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Scar – a collaborative poem by Gilda’s Club Writing Workshop Summer 2015

Are my scars going to change me?  No way!
Where’s my scar?  Over thar?
No, it’s on my nose–right thar!

I’m so scared–am I going to wake up?
I only cried right before.
Sleeping without memory, awake with happiness and surprise

Bye, bye, boobie!
Scars are marks of courage and triumph
A real beauty!

I will try and be strong and brave.

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Fear – a collaborative poem by Gilda’s Club Writing Workshop Summer 2015

Always present, must be confronted
This is serious!
Fear and anxiety are fighting my sanity
Every diagnosis I become scared and afraid
Diagnosis conflicts with my well-being
I don’t want to fear anything
You will not get me down
I will overcome with positivity
For the little things–a smile makes my day.

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