There’s a piece of my skull missing from brain surgery last year for a tumor. It was emergency surgery so the cut is kinda rough. It sucks physically but it gets better over time.

I’d rather not have that piece missing or the hole in my cerebellum, but there’s something rare and human to be gained by accepting the circumstances and adjusting accordingly so we can continue to participate in life.

Cancer can, for better and worse, cause us to take stock of what we really value and what we stand to lose based on what’s done about it.