Pain is temporary, giving up is forever!

Lance Armstrong once said in his book, "Pain is temporary but giving up is forever". Very true indeed, especially for people afflicted with illness like cancer. Through experience, discovering the fact that one had contracted cancer will demoralise and affect you badly. Most of the time one would feel like crying, just like I did. Your world feels like "Jenga!!!"

Information overload can make a patient feeling down and negative. The conscious mind plays a very important role, it can kill you but at the same time it can save you. Hence, come the phrase "Stay positive and you will live". Prayers and encouragement plays an important role in one's well being. It keeps our mind positive. It keeps us looking forward to recovery and wellness. It is good to know your disease then you will be able to fight them just like the saying, "To win the battle is to know your enemy". But if one cannot accept information that may be negative to you.... my advice is not to know it because it may affect your mindset.

Going through the treatments can be painful, lots of discomfort, always feeling unwell...... the list goes on, but remember "Never Give Up!!!!" It is only temporary, and you will benefit from the treatments eventually. Also..... Pray hard.

It has been almost one year now, my life perspective had changed. Life is more important than I used to think it was. A meaningful life does not encompasses around money and wealth only. My brother in law once said, "Got so much money also cannot bring with you when you pass on". When he said that, I laughed at it as if it was a joke, but when one has experienced life threatening illnesses, what was once a joke, now it is a fact!

Whatever treatments one may be going through, just be positive, believe that it will work and don't ever give up. Sometimes we can perform better, even beyond the capacities that we ever imagined possible, when crisis like this occurred in our lives.