Let's face it, cancer sucks! No doubt about it, it just plain sucks. I don't know anyone who wouldn't agree. Cancer isn't something we plan to get, it isn't something we aim for in life, and it certainly isn't a choice.

Benjamin Aaron Ross, Marysville, WA

In a sense, my cancer journey began before I was born. How this came about was the death to cancer of one of my aunts on my father's side. I never knew her and learned about her only at reunions. Hearing her story meant little to me until another aunt on

James Ferrell, Enumclaw, Washington