The Veteran next door
We have a great next door neighbor. We are both cancer survivors. They say that you are a cancer survivor the day of your diagnosis because every day after that you have survived with cancer. He is also a Veteran and has been going to the VA for his treatment. We just found out, on this Memorial Day weekend, that his cancer has rapidly spread and they do not give him long to live. We have passed each other often over the last few months on the way to various treatments. We compare our side effects like the warriors we are. We have helped each other. I bring his garbage cans in and out and if I see he has not picked up his newspapers I bring them to his door so he doesn't have to walk far. I am deeply saddened to learn his cancer spread and I can tell you it knocks you in the gut when you have cancer. His cancer was too aggressive. The VA operated and took it out of his back and he had a horrible time in recovery. And even before he could heal it was b...