One of my favorite hobbies nowadays is reading cancer blogs. Call me weird if you want, but I love reading other people’s experiences and struggles in the ridiculousness that is cancer. I was struck by how many of these blogs (well over half!) are written by the caregiver, the one struggling alongside of us, the cancer patient.

As someone who knows the difficulties and hardships that come along with stage 4 cancer and really, cancer in general, I just need to speak out on behalf of my fellow cancer patients and give a HUGE and well-deserved shout out to our selfless and amazing caregivers *insert virtual applause* (:

You guys are on call non-stop. We kind of get all the credit, we are the “fighters”, but people need to know that there’s a lot going on behind the scenes. Especially for those of us with little kids (and on my…