"I have cancer," "You have cancer." Three words we never want to hear in the same sentence. A heart breaking, life taking disease that far too many people get, and not enough survive through. Somedays, I just want to scream "SCREW YOU CANCER," but don't we all? No one ever wants to lose a loved one to something they cannot control.

So to my friend with cancer,

You are not alone, yes I know you hear it a lot, but I promise you are not alone. I will be there for the days that you need someone to hold you. I will be there for the day that you lose all your hair, and guess what; all my hair will be gone too. You are not alone. This disease not only affects you, but me too. Without you, I would have no one to hug and jump around with when one of us gets good news. Without you, I would no longer have that one friend that would actually have my back no matter what. From the first day of chemo, to the day you find out you are cancer free; I will be by your side.

Im going to love you through this. I will not treat you any different, because you are still the same friend you were before. My doors will still be open at 2:00 a.m. when you are so sad you can no longer talk but just cry or laugh. When you found out that I was healthy and spun me around, I will do my damn best to spin you around when you come saying you are healthy. The days that you can no longer eat because everything makes you sick, I will spend my days watching tv with you doing anything the distract us from the food we crave. I will love you past the day you are cancer free to the ripe old age of our 80's.

You will make it through this. I cannot image not seeing your smiling every week. You will make it through this because you are strong. One day, you will look back on this time and cry tears of happiness, because you made it through. I know that today you are thinking the odds are not in your favor, but I need you. Your friends and family need you, and their love will help drive you further and further even on the days you want to give up.

You are beautiful. Even with all your hair gone and skinny as a stick, trust me you are beautiful. No one will be able to compare to your beauty. Hair does not make someone beautiful, muscles do not change your beauty. However, surviving and keeping your head high does make you beautiful. Not only that, but it makes you one of the strongest people I will ever meet.

You have become a true inspiration to me, because if I were in your position, I would never be able to put up the fight you are. On the days I feel like I cannot finish, I finish just for you. On the days where getting out of bed is hard, remembering that you can do it, makes me have to get up and go to class. You are a force to be reckoned with, stay strong.

I love you.