Is Anybody Out There?
Cancer Blogging.
First, what exactly is a blog?
“A blog (an abridgment of the term web log) is a website where entries are commonly displayed in reverse chronological order.” Source.
And how many blogs are out there? The estimated 112.8 million English speaking blogs is probably an underestimate.
So why blog? Why write a book or create the lyrics to a song? Do you have something to say that others want to hear?
If you are a cancer patient, you are one of 10,326,000 people. Source.
This doesn’t include cancer survivors.
That’s a lot of people you have a commonality with, not to mention every single person touched by cancer.
Does your journey have a value to others? I think so and obviously so do others.
There is a huge relief that comes from reading a journey similar to your own. That sense of not being alone is hugely comforting. As we’ve discussed before regarding social platforms, sometimes it does take one to know one. Who truly knows what you are dealing with every moment of every day better than someone who IS there, right beside you, in a similar situation?
A New York Times article, February 26, 2008 discusses the value of chronicling for cancer patients. The Power of Words for Cancer Patients.
Tina Radcliffe spent ten years as a Oncology Certified R.N. working with in-patients on oncology and med-surg units. She also has a background in home health and geriatrics. Her other experiences include ... .. 
