re: Imagine being a cancer patient

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My sister in law goes to treatment every morning.

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F*** Cancer. It has taken too many friends and family. This would be a super crappy time to get it (I know two people who have been diagnosed with it since COVID-19). Although, I wonder if keeping people in the hospital would work (hint: it doesn't). Although having to go every morning must be a PITA too.

I had leukemia at age nine, and they made me stay in the hospital for my entire Chemotherapy treatment, due to my other medical issues at the time. I still got infections and pneumonia that delayed my treatments (hospitals are terrible for getting infections and whatnot, but I guess they wanted me close by in case of emergency, which I did code blue a couple of times). It was supposed to be like 12 rounds (hell, I don't really remember) over about six months, but it ended up being almost eight months in the hospital, which means I missed all of second semester of school, the entire summer, and went home in late September, and went back to school in early October. I had to repeat fourth grade for like a month, then I moved on to fifth grade. Was embarrassing AF.

Moral of the story: There is no good time to get cancer, but now is as bad as ever. I also wonder how many people will choose to forego their treatments, especially if they cannot have loved ones around them. This would be especially for older folks who don't have much time left as is.