Survivor

I have just changed the name of my blog to 'A Cancer Survivor's Perspective'. This is the 3rd time that I have changed the name and I think it should be the last. Restless soul who likes changes, that's me.

It's about time I think of myself as a cancer survivor rather than as a cancer patient.

One is only classified a survivor when one is in remission for 5 years. It does not matter to me whether it is one day or 5 years. As far as I am concerned, for every day that I am alive, I am a survivor for each and everyday and will be a survivor till I draw my last breath.

I have so much to be thankful for, so much more to learn and do that I do not want to stress myself out waiting for each year to pass and after the fifth year, say, finally, I am a survivor.

I have to be realistic, with the rate of people getting cancers now and dying from it, I am fortunate to be still surviving.

I have fought the relapse for more than a year and I have won this round. I have survived, therefore, I am a survivor!