My Cancer Entanglement

The theme for this year’s World Cancer Day is “Close The Care Gap”. The Day was first recognized in 2000. In the last twenty-two years the global incidence of cancer has increased by more than 15%, with unequal access to care being a continuing problem — compounded more recently by the COVID pandemic.

“I will not let cancer define me” is something I hear a lot, but I don’t understand it. I understand that refrain still…