Ok so the title causes you to ask" Is this guy nuts? " Or maybe your theology goes something like this" only good things come from God,right ? " I will not attempt to answer your first question as the answer is most probably " Yes!" but that's another subject.

         On the second question, I have a position that is morphing from "absolutely ! Only good things come from God to I'm not so sure God isn't in the midst of suffering, whether cancer, death,disease,  etc."

      I am a 10 year oral cancer survivor! My faith , defined at the moment of diagnosis by me as "deep", was indeed shaken to it's very core during the 7 weeks of tortuous treatment at Roswell. Feeding tube, inability to swallow, the 'mask', chemo and extreme fatigue were my constant companions. They were joined by questions of why, why me, are you kidding me God and what will my life look like after treatment?

     But I did indeed survive and beat the odds. To live as a survivor of…

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I am a twenty-six year survivor of oral cancer. The five surgeries and one round of radiation therapy that I have had over the years have given me a very personal view of this disease. Oral cancer is one of the cancers whose five-year survival rate has not improved much in the last thirty years. I am a very fortunate individual to still be here twenty-six years later. I see firsthand what many head and neck patients at Roswell deal with on a daily basis (quality of life issues among them). The Head and Neck Clinic at Roswell is a true treasure.