Cancer: A Hell of a Year : Click Here for Video

Jan 28, 2011   //   by Rick Dancer   //   Blog  //  13 Comments

January 28th is my one year anniversary of discovering that I had Prostate Cancer. I think I am cancer free now but like any cancer survivor will tell you, you never know. Here are some thoughts one year later.

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13 Comments

  • Ronda McKichan January 28, 2011 at 6:57 am

    Praise God! We certainly don’t know the path that God has laid out for us, but aren’t we blessed when we let Him lead us?! I know I’ve seen miracles in my life that are unmistakingly from the hand of God. Our testimony is only ours. Ours and our Lord’s to share with the hurting and the lost. Thank you for letting the Son shine in your walk and Praise be to God for your journey.

  • Kelly January 28, 2011 at 8:04 am

    Hey Rick,

    Yes!

    I remember my first year. Today it has been 6 years :-) Congratulations!

    ((Hugs))

    Kelly

  • jerry carlin January 28, 2011 at 8:32 am

    Me too! One year is all gone and so is the cancer! I am aware though, it is a hard, long, difficult and expensive road and there are other’s not as lucky.

  • Yvonne January 29, 2011 at 12:52 am

    Rick, you are stronger than you have ever been in the past. You are filled with more truth than you ever knew. You are filled with awareness for all that is important in the journey here. Thank you for pouring out your abundance and sharing with all of us.

  • Nancy Harvey January 29, 2011 at 12:19 pm

    Thank you for sharing your heart and being so real! Jesus is using you! May He continue to grace you with His peace, grace, comfort, and joy. So glad you are still on planet earth!
    Hugs from Ken & Nancy Harvey

  • Coleen Roppe January 29, 2011 at 10:00 pm

    Thank you Rick for your testimony of your Christian faith and your walk with the Lord. You have been a blessing for along time to all of us in Lane County.

  • Elesha McCarthy January 29, 2011 at 11:44 pm

    Thank you so much for sharing. You know, I had you on my facebook friends list for a long time but I removed you about a year ago because I didnt like some of the things that were being talked about. Your a changed man Rick. I lost my mom 5 years ago and walked with her through the battle of cancer. God healed her twice, then it came back the third time, 13 tumors in her brain. At that point I angrily yelled at God and said, “Why? Why again? Why are you taking her from us?” He spoke to me and said, “hasnt she been through enough?” I realized how selfish I had been for wanting to keep her here. Many times I wish for just 5 minutes more with her, but I wouldnt wish her 1 second of the pain. Everything you said is so true. Planning for the future doesnt exist when you have cancer. My mom never wanted to talk about dying. She had great faith that God was going to heal her. On the day she died, you could see the ugly, purple cancer spreading across her chest rapidly. When Jesus took her home, I was prepping her for the mortuary to come get her and as I looked at her, I realized the cancer was gone. There was none there. Her skin was like an angel. My dad, a minister for most of his life said to us three kids, “Look, God did heal her!” What a peaceful moment. You are right, Rick, ……..God, Jesus, he died on a cross for our sins…..that is all that matters.

  • Chad McDonald January 31, 2011 at 4:36 am

    Two years almost since my grandfather passed of cancer. Your post, something I think people should hold close. Rick, Thank You for the share.

  • Michael King February 6, 2011 at 3:53 pm

    I can’t agree with you more; God, Jesus and Jesus died for my sins. I’ve been cancer free going on 4 years and it took going through prostate cancer to finally make me realize those three things. Thank you for sharing your story. While watching your treatments I cried, laughed and knew what you were going through, though I took a diferent route with robotic prostatectomy. It left me impotent but I am alive and look at everything diferently as you do. Good luck and thanks for getting the word out on this subject that men usually don’t like talking about!

  • Rick Dancer February 7, 2011 at 7:28 am

    Thanks all.

  • Rustie Ackland February 7, 2011 at 8:01 pm

    Rick I am so glad that our paths crossed! If it had not been for your cancer I don’t know if we would have met, so for that I am thankful. You have impacted so many lives in your year long journey then you may ever know. Thank you for sharing your ups and downs and for spreading your smile along the way. I love you my friend and wish you many more cancer free years!

  • Rick Dancer February 7, 2011 at 8:49 pm

    Me too Rusty. The Relay came along at just the right time for me. I was just finished with treatment and it gave me something positive to focus on. Thank you for your kind words and I will never be quiet about Cancer. It’s a part of me, it’s something I went through and I hope others will realize that the best solutions are….research and becoming your own advocate.

  • Jan March 3, 2011 at 2:27 pm

    Rick,

    My dear brother, who is about your age, is battling cancer and has just been told that he is (mysteriously) in remission. And what a journey it has been. All of the things you mentioned in your list as you reflected on the past year have such a familiar ring to them. They are so simular to what my brother and sister-in-law talk about~ when just about all is taken away, what is left is the foundation that you stand on.

    Blessings to you. And prayer for a healthy, robust and healing year(s) to come~! You’re so right, God is good. And God is surely with us.

    Jan

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