The holiday season was tough going for some of our best allies here at the Survivors Cancer Action Network. The stories would be familiar to many survivors. Whether we’ve experienced progression of disease, developed secondary cancers related to earlier treatments, or simply feared recurrence, we as survivors understand that sometimes there isn’t a neat, tidy, happy end to our fight with cancer. So, the fight goes on.
As we embark on this new year, we are reminded about why we fight. We fight as survivors for meaningful lives that are not just defined by our illness. We fight not just to live another day — but to live years. Good years. We fight for the people we love and for people we will never meet. We fight for the time when “cancer” will be just another word in the zodiac chart.
We start 2017 more committed than ever to support the people and policies that will lead to new treatments and cures. May this be a year that brings new breakthroughs and hope for all those who are battling cancer today and who will battle it tomorrow.
May it be so. May it please be so.