birthdays and such

today is my birthday, and i'm celebrating most especially because i get to have this birthday. and have every reason to believe i'll have another one next year, and the following and the one after that.... i am not planning on how to deal with dying like i would have 15 years ago. i haven't been told to go home and put my issues in order because i have 3-5 years to live if i'm lucky.

this, this is why cancer research is incredibly important. please consider a donation to the National CML Society, or the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society or the American Cancer Society.... they really are the official sponsor of birthdays! all of us with cancer have all these groups (and more) to thank for the progress made, and for every single birthday we get to celebrate!