Dear Cancer,

You are defined as "A disease in which abnormal cells divide uncontrollably and destroy body tissue," but you are far much more than that.

You are like a tornado of pain, devastation and agony of not knowing where tomorrow may take you. Your tactics are so pathetic, as you make the disease a game. You are very competitive so you find a strong opponent to play your evil game. You roll the dice and you skip a head three or four stages, or you lose a turn and are left just lingering around. When the game comes to an end you mysteriously find a way to cheat your way to the top.

You are most certainly not a fair player and you can never be forgiven for the pain you have casted over a numerous amount of lives. You do not just affect the person who is diagnosed, but you break down a whole community of people: family, friends and those who are just acquaintances. All of these people are impacted because you take such a tole on a person's mind. Watching someone get weaker and weaker as days go on messes with someone's head especially when there is nothing that you can possibly do about it. When someone is diagnosed with your game you call a disease you change that person's daily lifestyle. You make them a slave to you while they undergo treatments and there are times when you give them false hope.

You make me sick. You attack people of all kinds: mothers, fathers and even children. Do you feel good about yourself by weakening someone's bones? Making their hair fall out? Or even becoming so strong you take away their ability to walk and talk so they are bedridden? Do you think that gives you power? Because I can assure you, taking away someone's life makes you so miserably inadequate. I do not think you know what it is like going to sleep every night and having to pray and beg God for a miracle that the person you love does not have to face the pain you caused them for much longer. I do not think you know what it is like to lose a parent, grandparent, brother, sister or child in such a horrible way. I do not think you know what it is like to watch someone slowly take their last breath because you have entered their innocent body.

I am waiting for the day the dice gets taken out of your own hands and you come to an end. I've seen you take down the strongest person I know but you certainly did not win. You may have taken their body down physically but you did not deteriorate their mind and soul.

You lost this game.