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		<title>Cancer&#8211;I Decide</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>This is a poem from the book Trilogy of Cancer&#8211;the Jolt, the Journey, the Joy. I put it together during my first bout of breast cancer; I filled it with songs written to familiar tunes; poetry; and things to do. Now I&#8217;m in my...</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="p2"><img decoding="async" class="alignleft  wp-image-1928" src="http://annfreemanprice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/poems-300x251.jpg" alt="" width="191" height="160" srcset="https://annfreemanprice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/poems-300x251.jpg 300w, https://annfreemanprice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/poems-1024x855.jpg 1024w, https://annfreemanprice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/poems-768x641.jpg 768w, https://annfreemanprice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/poems-270x225.jpg 270w, https://annfreemanprice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/poems.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 191px) 100vw, 191px" />This is a poem from the book <i>Trilogy of Cancer&#8211;the Jolt, the Journey, the Joy.</i> I put it together during my first bout of breast cancer; I filled it with songs written to familiar tunes; poetry; and things to do. Now I&#8217;m in my fourth bout with cancer and it still holds true.</p>
<p class="p1">&#8212;-</p>
<p class="p2">I Decide</p>
<p class="p2">&#8212;</p>
<p class="p2">I marched in</p>
<p class="p2">halfway through</p>
<p class="p2">three months of</p>
<p class="p2">treatments and</p>
<p class="p2">said with authority</p>
<p class="p2">&#8220;You said Taxol</p>
<p class="p2">would be easier.</p>
<p class="p2">It isn&#8217;t.&#8221;</p>
<p class="p2">&#8212;</p>
<p class="p2">they listened</p>
<p class="p2">&#8212;</p>
<p class="p2">&#8220;Today&#8221; my voice</p>
<p class="p2">was clear. &#8220;Today</p>
<p class="p2">I want copies of</p>
<p class="p2">everything: blood</p>
<p class="p2">pressure, temperature,</p>
<p class="p2">blood work numbers</p>
<p class="p2">everything</p>
<p class="p2">&#8212;</p>
<p class="p2">they gave them<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p class="p2">to me</p>
<p class="p2">&#8212;</p>
<p class="p2">&#8220;Today is different&#8221;</p>
<p class="p2">I told calm doctor</p>
<p class="p2">as if he didn&#8217;t know</p>
<p class="p2">&#8220;You tell me if it&#8217;s</p>
<p class="p2">a &#8216;go&#8217; for today&#8217;s<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p class="p2">treatment</p>
<p class="p2">&#8212;</p>
<p class="p2">but then you need</p>
<p class="p2">to sell me again</p>
<p class="p2">on why i&#8217;m</p>
<p class="p2">doing this</p>
<p class="p2">&#8212;</p>
<p class="p2">give me statistics</p>
<p class="p2">name my options</p>
<p class="p2">say your best judgment</p>
<p class="p2">&#8212;</p>
<p class="p2">and then</p>
<p class="p2">then I&#8217;ll decide</p>
<p class="p2">if it&#8217;s a &#8216;go'&#8221;</p>
<p class="p2">&#8212;</p>
<p class="p2">he did that</p>
<p class="p2">&#8212;</p>
<p class="p2">I decided to</p>
<p class="p2">keep going</p>
<p class="p2">but on that day</p>
<p class="p2">I claimed strength</p>
<p class="p2">and power and</p>
<p class="p2">control</p>
<p class="p2">&#8212;</p>
<p class="p2">I never let go</p>
<p class="p2">of them again</p>
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