This post has been bubbling in my head for some time. Last week, a third person was accused of faking cancer and defrauding his supporters out of thousands of dollars.
What is wrong with people? Are you that desperate for attention/money/infamy that you will stoop to pretending to have a disease that continues to ravage the lives of thousands of Canadians and their families every day?
I’ve had cancer and news flash: you don’t want it.
You know what you were pretending, Mr. Oh So Clever Schemer?
You were pretending you walked into the doctor’s office one day and in one fell swoop the wind was knocked out of you and that you were now in for the fight of your life.
You were pretending that everything you love was potentially going to be taken away from you and, unless the miracles of science and God were on your side, there was nothing you could do about it.
You were pretending that the future you can imagine goes not one step further then the end of some hellish treatment, where you will wait again to hear where the journey will take you next.
You were pretending that you spent hours being infused with drugs the nurses won’t touch. Yeah, that’s right, they won’t touch them without gloves but they’re going to infuse them into your veins hoping that it will be enough.
You were pretending that it doesn’t matter that your hair fell out and that you were trying to be brave when you suddenly found yourself standing in a pile of it one morning after what should have been just a regular shower.
You were pretending that there will be other Christmases to make up for the one you missed throwing up after your last round of chemo.
You were pretending that you have one friggin’ clue about what you’re talking about and what it means to fight this bastard of a disease.
You were pretending you have a soul; cuz frankly, if you are capable of this, I highly doubt it.
I don’t even wish cancer on you cuz it sucks that much. How dare you.
And while you were pretending, all the people who love you were worried sick and agonizing over the fact that they had to watch you face this terrible, lonely fight for your life. Or so they thought.
Well done, Mar. Very well done.
Not only a bastard of a disease but the faker is the bastard.
People will be leary to contribute to authentic fund raisers because of this crap. How low can you get?
Mars you write so well – I would put in words that no one would want to read about this type of people and where you don’t wish cancer for them, I am still out on that decision.
This is one of the lowest scams yet. There should be a consequence apropos to the low life behaviour. MAybe they should have t go through real chemo to cure them of their fake cancer. Now there would be a lesson.
Peace!