And in the end....

There is a simple sort of relief when treatment is over. It's the same relief after seeing a rich relative finally die. You wait and act nice, hoping for a payout if you give them good conversation or if you wipe them enough. They finally die peacefully in the night (with or without the help from a down comforter pillow) and you might gain half of the estate or end up with your aunt's favorite bedpan. The same way with cancer. Will the treatment be worth it? Is remission in your future or with it be painfully drawn out?
As you may or may not contemplate the reality of a life full of doctors visits, MRI's and fun runs, you may also be thinking of one other aspect in life. How much can I milk this?
Everyone loves a good cancer patient to make them think that their shallow and meaningless lives somehow will start to have some semblance of meaning. Allowing these monsters see some civility can change the Scrooge (McDuck?) in their hearts and shell out, brother. We have gotten free desserts, discounts of all kinds, and the fakest of interest and sympathy, you wouldn't even begin to believe it. (I'm sure some which really was sincere). Which is fine, but those also are the kind of people you can get to sign up for things and generally guilt into donate time or money. I'm not saying this is a bad thing.
Most people wouldn't give anything if they weren't guilty about how good they have it because let's be totally honest, we have it pretty damn sweet. Between hi speed internet, smart phones and car washes that will make everyone wait for some fat woman in a windstar minivan to get the three large cokes through a small drive thru window before she drives her car through an automatic car washing machine, not even having the fortitude to get her fat ass out of the mini van to go inside and get the cokes, the little movement she might have had in the day, instead just letting the bed sores fester awhile longer, I think it's safe to say we don't have many of the ailments that the second or third world faces today.
I wouldn't go out and do much of anything for others if I wasn't the least bit grateful for what has graced my life. From my wife and kids to my job to a decent place to stay, and a clean bill of health (pending) its hard to not have a little bit of a desire to want to help out.
That being said my wife is going to have a party in two weeks that is going to help out in two ways. (Ha! You didn't think I wasn't leading up to this, did you?) the first is the relieve us of our medical burdens a little bit, because as the cancer leaves, the bills remain. And the second is to buy and donate books to our local school district. The books will help children who have a parent who are going through cancer treatment. The books will teach the children to know that what their parent is going through isn't their fault and also they are not going through it alone. During this whole ordeal the school district psychiatrist was very kind to our daughter and updated us about how she was doing and if there were any signs of stress. She was so on the ball that we very grateful and wish to give some back.
The open house will help to sell spa wraps that are usually very expensive in spas but are only $25. The wraps are used to help take inches off of your waist or thighs or wherever. I used it, and it does work really well. I would appreciate it greatly if you could buy one or two to help offset the medical bills and also buy supplies for the local school district. You can come to the open house if you are in or around St. George Utah. If not you can buy them directly from my wife. Just email her at vlwillard@gmail.com. If you are interested in coming to the open house on April 13th 2013, and want to know where to go, just use the same email address.
Help me out. Please. The bills are crazy huge and the side work is drying up.

Thanks.