My Choice to Live: Part IV

Jay Michael continues his story about living with a stage 4 cancer diagnosis. Read his previous posts in "My Choice to Live: Part I," "Part II" and "Part III." When you spend time fighting cancer, you really begin to realize what's important to you. The little things in life become a lot less relevant, while the major parts of your life become almost equally irrelevant unless they play a part in your survival plan. You remember vividly the people who stood up to your challenges and held your hand at the most difficult times, and those who could rarely be bothered to face such an inconvenience. You really begin to wonder how cancer affects other people and their loved ones. I mean, for me, this process has been one of the most unforgivably difficult challenges of my life, yet rewarding in countless ways. But the question that keeps coming up in my mind is what someone does with such a diagnosis who doesn't have the same access I've had. As a business owner, I am comfortable financially, I have the luxury of leaving work while in recovery, I have had access to many medical resources above and beyond what is typical and, frankly, I have had the wherewithal to fight and advocate for my every single move ... and that includes having to use Twitter to get the attention of some less-than-savory companies along the way. What happens to everyone else? Does it all work out the same way for them? What does the average salaried employee do? It's been something I can't seem to get o...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news