Hello...I started this blog back on July 25th on Caringbridge.com. I've decided to repost everything I posted there because I like the format of blogger. One of my reasons for doing this is that I don't believe that Caringbridge blogs come up on search engines. Caringbridge has been good for linking to family and friends, but I would also like my journaling to be available to anybody searching for relative information on Yahoo, Google, etc. While Caringbridge has a guestbook for visitors to sign, it does not have the option of commenting on specific posts. With blogger, a visitor can reply to a particular post that I've written, and it would be more clear to me what they are commenting on when I view it. So here is my blog, in another format. I think I'll continue to post on both outlets at this time.
Originally posted on Caringbridge.com/visit/johnblattner on 7/25/2008.
I did such a great job surviving cancer the first time, that the powers that be asked me to come back and do it one more time!
My name is John and I have Cancer...again!
I'm writing my story after receiving news yesterday that my cancer has returned. I'm going through the diagnostic process again, and preparing for more chemo. I didn't blog about my first experience with cancer. I kept the news pretty tight, and only told the people I had to. Word spread around to others, but I usually wasn't the one to inform them. I didn't want to appear as if I was looking for pity or sympathy.
This time around I want to be more open about everything that I'm going through. Of course it will probably be therapeutic for me to share my experiences, but thats not my only reason. I also want to give people who are curious or who may not know what is going on a chance to see what my cancer experience is like.
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