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Dear Stomach Cancer

In Honor of Stomach Cancer Awareness month.

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Dear Stomach Cancer
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Hello.

I bet you were not expecting this one, but here it goes. I have no fears of you. You come around destroying happiness and taking away well-deserved lives. Sadly, you won your battle against people I hold closest to my heart. That does not mean I fear you, though.

It is about time something was said to you; you are reckless, aggressive, and deadly.

Reckless.

You come around destroying people's qualities of life making their well-done lives have to end too quickly. Also, you do not even think about all the lives you affect when you attack just one body. You stole away both of my grandfathers. How is that fair to me?

Aggressive.

I have never felt so much hurt to see others in pain. I watched as you beat up and took over lives, but, as you know, to your disadvantage it was a long hard fight and every punch you threw, two were thrown back. Sadly, you still won.

Deadly.

Your 5-year survival rate for stage IV is around 4%. That is not fair. You make your victim's work long and hard for a low chance of survival. Death is always inevitable, but you just make lives shorter than they deserve to be.

I am not going to sit here and say that you are the only killer out there, but you are my least favorite.

Sadly, you are not the only one to worry about. All your other siblings are just as bad as you are. All you Cancers need to be eliminated. The worst part of all of you is you are all the same just attacking different parts of people. Why do you do this?

Many people will say “I hope Cancer gets Cancer and dies.” I do not hope that for you. I would not want you, just as I do not want anyone else, to go through the constant torture you cause. With that being said, do not get the idea I think you can stick around destroying lives because I think quite the opposite. I think you should have never even been created. If I could go back in time I would make sure that you never became anything close to what you are now, or even better make sure you were nothing at all. You are undeserving; you are nothing. Beware of what is in store for you. I can only hope in my lifetime I can see you gone for good. I fear you no more.

Diseases have no prejudice. Male, Female, Heterosexual, Homosexual, Caucasian, Black, Latino, or Asian-- you name it and it does NOT matter.

To everyone affected by this deadly disease, just remember, Keep on Keepin' on.

Sincerely,

Someone who has seen too many lives destroyed.

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