Same room different angle 7 years apart. Both tired. Both not hungry. One during treatment the other 7 months off the second treatment. One with a fentynal patch for pain. The other 5 weeks post pain management program. One with hair. One without. Both with cancer. Inoperable metastasized pilomyxoid astrocytoma brain cancer. To the unknown eye only one will be seen with cancer because it looks obvious. The other “he looks great” is the common theme. Sure. He does. But it’s only a look. It’s only on the outside. The cancer still remains on the inside with no end in sight. Metal and screws added to the mix. PTSD. Depression. Anxiety. All hanging out too. The pain still there everyday. The fatigue plaguing him to the point he feels like a zombie. The side effects of nausea, stomach pain, muscle weakness, headaches and more are still there too. Lasting for who knows how long?? September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and though Adler may not look the part of a cancer kid, he is. He sure is. Living with it. Just because he doesn’t look like it doesn’t mean it’s not there.

from Life with our little Super Hero Adler Bear https://ift.tt/3aDpcoP

Adler