I’ve never known anyone that has cancer. I’ve met people that have had cancer in the past and are already done with their battle. On the 16th of November, that all changed…
My best friend Curtis, who was on a mission in Minnesota, got diagnosed with cancer in his tongue (weird I know). I had spent the day in Salt Lake with some of my old friends to have some fun before I leave the country for a while. Dave and I had gone to the temple and I had accidently left my cell phone at his house. I was gone for about 5 hours and when we got back to Dave’s house I went to go grab my phone, just as I was reaching for my phone, it rang. It was my good friend Janie. I answered the phone all happy and having a good time, but she sounded really quiet… that’s when you know something is wrong…
She asked if I had spoken with anyone, I told her I hadn’t because I had left my phone. She then told me something that could have potentially brought my world as I know it to an end. My best friend in the entire world had cancer… you hear that word a lot in everyday life, but do we all really know what it means? That’s all I could think about, cancer… well… what does that mean?
I quickly hung up with her and called Laura, Curtis’ mom, to see what was going on. The line was busy, so I called Jon, who didn’t answer, so I called Jake, who had just gotten in a car accident… Then Jon called me back so he told me what had happened with the whole thing. I called Laura and finally got through, she told me the majority of the story…
He had a sore on the left side of is tongue that was bothering him, so he went in to get it checked, they took a biopsy and WHAM! It tested positive for cancer, they sent him home the next day.
I just have to say that it is fantastic to have my best friend home! These are not the circumstances that I would have wanted him home under, but he’s in high hopes and doing well, and I’ll keep you updated!
