cancer...

its been awhile since the last time i checked on some national news, as i opened the television the headline says that former pres. aquino is suffering from colon cancer… what went back into my memory is my father, it was 5 years ago when my father succumbed to colon cancer, he’s first operation with the intention of removing a portion of his intestine ended with a colostomy bag placed on his stomach, cancer eaten up a large portion of the intestine that linking it back would be impossible… then the chemo therapy, we all thought that everything will be ok and really hoped for his full recovery but not after a year when examination results showed that cancer cells are back and its spreading out fast… he was again put into the table but with doctors advise that the probability of surviving is very small, it was a tough decision to make but we can see it in his eyes the will to fight and to keep on going… after the operation he recovered, me and my brother went back to manila and its not long until i received a call from the hospital that my father doesn’t look good and his situation is slowly deteriorating, for the last time i was able to talk to him through phone and was able to say everything i have inside of me but by that time i can’t hear an audible sound from him, past midnight there’s a call from my sister saying that our father finally joined the Creator, it was painful, sad and unthinkable to lose someone whom you owe your life but he suffered enough and we must accept God’s will for his flock… on march 30 my father would turn 65 if he were still with us and we missed him a lot, he is our cook, i miss the ginataang dinuguan (blood stew in coconut milk) and the pork afritada he used cook for us… peace!