World Cancer Day 2014: Cancer is Busy, We’ve Got to Be Busier

Yesterday I had my oncology check-up.  The waiting room was packed, almost standing room only.  All kinds of patients.  Some were there with family members and caregivers; some alone; different ages; different races; some with full manes and some with glistening bald heads.  As I sat waiting to be seen, I kept thinking something that I’ve thought many times before: cancer is busy.  But, we’ve got to be busier with deliberate and decisive action.  We must be constant activists and change agents to find cures, vaccines and eradicate cancer.

Melanie A. Nix – Triple negative breast cancer survivor.  Always striving to color outside of the lines when defining my new normal.