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November 2008 
Cancer is a train station
Posted on Nov 17th, 2008
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Islandman
Islandman
My sister-in-law was just diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer. She's half-way into chemo, after undergoing a double masectomy. She's 43 years old with an 8 year old daughter.
We are all passengers on a train heading in the same direction. Some of us will be getting off at earlier destinations, but all of us will, eventually, have to disembark, one at a time. Goodbye. Goodbye.
We sit here, becoming attached to our fellow passengers, forgetting that every journey will come to an end, sooner or later. If we smarten up to this, we tarnish the joy of being on this wondrous train of life.
And so the pain of travel eventually catches up with all of us.
We are all passengers on a train heading in the same direction. Some of us will be getting off at earlier destinations, but all of us will, eventually, have to disembark, one at a time. Goodbye. Goodbye.
We sit here, becoming attached to our fellow passengers, forgetting that every journey will come to an end, sooner or later. If we smarten up to this, we tarnish the joy of being on this wondrous train of life.
And so the pain of travel eventually catches up with all of us.
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So sorry to hear this news, not easy to watch a loved one go through it and also hard on her daughter, I hope the chemo is effective. My grandaughters lost a brother and step Mum a couple of years ago, we still talk about them, and treasure the good memories - it is a lot for a child to cope with, and talking does help, though it can feel difficult, as when close we don't relish and try to avoid upsetting one another.