I don’t think anyone is unaware of what cancer is and how serious it is. Awareness is one thing: how one deals with it is different matter. As this video from the Lance Armstrong Foundation shows, sometimes the way one deals with it, unfortunately, is with silence, or by stigmatizing those affected by the disease:
One way to combat this is to know more about cancer. There are lots of ways to do this. One way that I do this is by following people who are dealing with the disease and blogging about it. One such person is a fabulous actor, Lisa Ray, who has starred in one of my favourite films, “Water”. Her blog is here. Another person is a lovely woman from the U.K. named Tracey who is dealing with two cancers.
I am sure there are many others writing about their experiences with cancer (Tracey has links to a number of people on her blog). I encourage you, if you want to know more about the disease and how people are dealing with it, to read their blogs.
Thank you.
Smart People I Know 
When people speak about how cancer has affected their view of life I want to reach out my hand and touch them, lift them up. My last 8 years have been filled with opportunities for doing just that. 18 months trying for diagnosis, emergency life saving surgery, chemotherapy made such an impression on me I decided my skills of writing, public speaking, educating people had to be transferred to this endeavour.
2 books that follow the emotional ups and downs of my experience are touching others, giving them hope.
Last week I was blessed with an opportunity to tell nurses just how wonderful an impact they can have on the lives of people with cancer when they learn how to listen carefully and fulfil their patient’s needs without judgement.
I want to travel the world to complete me educational work. Please someone, invite me.