Cancer

I've lost many an important person in my life to cancer.  It's an unstoppable force, mysterious and merciless.  I know I'm not the only one who has been affected in some form or fashion by cancer.  I just wonder sometimes if I am the only one who questions "What would I do if I had cancer?  Would I submit myself to chemotherapy or not?"  Watching so many members of my family, so many friends, suffer through chemotherapy, only to die perhaps a more painful death than they would have without it, I cannot help but doubt if I would even bother.  I'd want to enjoy my life and live it to the fullest every day, and I do not see how chemo can allow you to do that.

The only reason I can think of for undergoing chemotherapy is for the sake of my loved ones.  They are the ones who, when I'd be gone, would ask themselves if they did everything they could to keep me alive.  I wouldn't want to burden them with the thought.  Other than that, you can take chemotherapy and stick it.