The world could do better without cancer. I did a paper on breast cancer recently. It is the number one cause of death in women all around the world. No surprise there.
Last time I asked you to pray for my grandmother. This time round I'm asking you to please pray for my grandfather.
We recently found out that he has colon cancer. It sounds so scary. I don't know much details. We don't know what stage the cancer is at now. We'll have to wait for after the surgery to find out.
They say, God has a plan worked out for us. I've put some thoughts into it. What are His plan this time? Don't get me wrong. I'm not blaming God for all of this though. I'm just wondering, why my grandpa? Why now when he's in his 70s? Is it possible to trade places with him? I would volunteer, any time any day.
My grandpa's surgery will be on next Tuesday. And what sucks is that that is the day I'm heading back to KL. The timing this month has been a pain in the ass especially for me. I wish I could stay in Malacca, to help out after the surgery or something. Or to just be physically present there.
My family members haven't exactly told my grandparents the truth about the cancer. My grandpa knows that he has to go for an operation but he thinks that it is just because of some ulcer and growth. They call it polyps (?), no idea what that is. But the lab report showed that the growth is positive for cancer.
I'm pretty confident that the surgery will go well. I read an article online about colon cancer just now. I pray that the cancer cells have not metastasize and spread to other areas or else chemotherapy and sometimes radiation may be necessary. Chemotherapy is another bitch. I've seen my aunt go through it and it sucked the energy out of her. I'm afraid my grandpa will be too weak for it
And get this, the risk of getting colon cancer increases as you get older. What kind of sick joke are you playing, world?
I'm trying not to think so much about this.
God, I know I don't pray often but this time round, please please please take good care of my grandpa.
