Conversation

• Attended an evening group meeting called What Are You Afraid Of at the St. Louis Cancer Support Center for young adult cancer survivors

Tonight we attended our first "conversation", it was specifically for young adults with cancer. I'm still young for 2 more years! I should preface this post with the fact that I had been introduced to the evening's lead speaker by my boss this past summer right after my diagnosis. We had only exchanged e-mails up to this point but he is a fellow cancer survivor and has started a charity organization, and he is somebody who is rooting for me.

So, oops, we arrived 10 minutes late (who knew that conversations start promptly on time!). But over the next hour or two, the group of around 20 cancer survivors, loved ones, and members of the cancer support center (the location of the event) engaged in a mostly light conversation about our fears. I say light because I only cried once. And these days, that's light in my book. And I also say light because there was talk of bananas going down/coming back up and farts. What's lighter than that?

The evening ended with a cooking demonstration by a chef who has classes at this cancer center. It was a dessert (a cookie!) made with dates, oats, and allspice, although this evening she added chocolate chips for fun. I accidentally forgot to grab one when the tray was passed around.