Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Disease

Cancer (medical term: malignant neoplasm) is a class of diseases in which a group of cells display uncontrolled growth (division beyond the normal limits), invasion (intrusion on and destruction of adjacent tissues), and sometimes metastasis (spread to other locations in the body via lymph or blood). Cancer may affect people at all ages, even fetuses, but the risk for most varieties increases with age. Cancer causes about 13% of all deaths.

I know. I've seen it. I've been witness to how a disease can turn a perfectly normal individual to just a shadow of their former self. I've seen how cancer can break a man. Eat him inside out. Slaughter him, bit by bit, while his family is reduced to being spectators.

So much is going wrong. I want to help. I want to run. I feel numb. How long shall I continue to fake happiness? I want it to be over. I want him to die. I want him to live.

Please God. Help him. Set him free.