Cancer Survivors Day

Happy National Cancer Survivors Day!

The NCSD Foundation designates the first Sunday in June as Cancer Survivors Day. It's a day to celebrate being a survivor, and they call a survivor “anyone living with a history of cancer – from the moment of diagnosis through the remainder of life.”

So the day you are diagnosed, you become a survivor.

"Survivor" is a funny word. I know some cancer patients don't like it -- it just doesn't feel right to them.

But others love it, because it reminds them of how far they have made it, even if they have farther to go.

I wrote a piece for Blood-Cancer.com called "The Words We Use" that talks about what the word "survivor" means to me, especially compared to another word.

Take a look.

And do something to celebrate today. You made it.