Winning Is Everything!

A breast cancer patient aims for one goal – to change her status to cancer surviver. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines survivor as “remaining alive or in existence” and “continuing to function.”  That sounds more like a description of my 15-year-old washing machine!

Just as an NFL defense fights to hold the line, we fight our disease. Just as an Army general fights against enemy forces with all the military can provide, we battle our disease with all modern medicine can throw at it. Football players and military troops give it their all to win. They’re not called survivors; they’re called winners.

I therefore propose that those who beat cancer not only be referred to as cancer survivors, but as CANCER WINNERS. Who’s on board with me?