welcome to cancerland

The piece "welcome to cancerland" by barbara ehrenreich was extremely powerful. i can't imagine the angst and concern the author goes through while waiting to get her mammogram; it must be an amazingly stressful experience, one which i hope and pray i will never have to go through with.  the experience of the mammogram overall seems very uncomfortable.  

i really can't imagine what the author feels like as she goes through countless surgeries and check ups, wondering if she will survive or the disease will take over her.  this piece made me realize that i do not take into consideration how short life really is, and how one thing can change the course i have been going down for good or for a long time.