What IF…?
How would you feel if you’re only given a maximum of six months to live?
This is not a meme, a tag or a question of the week.
My sister-in-law was diagnosed with a stage 4 breast cancer. It was sudden, devastating, heartbreaking news for us. She’s the closest SIL to me among my six others. If you saw her you couldn’t tell that she’s suffering from a deadly disease. That’s what she herself and the rest of us thought so. Cancer really is a traitor. Sometimes, its symptoms would show at its peak stage. The same case with my mother, she wasn’t ill or bed-ridden all her life but then after she was diagnosed with a liver cancer her life had ended in two months time. How cruel isn’t it? But that was another story…seven years ago.
I had a long talked with my sister this morning. She told me about the latest info about SIL. The doctor said chemotherapy will extend her life for two years. Two years? Two years of prolong sufferings? And it has no guarantee they said, depending how her body would sustain and react with the therapy.
She’s like my own real sister. I love her more than my brother. My parents love her so dearly when they were still alive. Because she’s the best sister-in-law and daughter-in-law in our family.
I am a thousand miles away, besides some financial assistance; a prayer is the best thing I could offer for her right now. Only God could tell and could make changes…
Paalala lang: Huwag po nating isawalang bahala ang minor pains na nararamdaman natin. lalo na kung ito ay paulit ulit na.
