I know sometimes for our patients, hearing about a high profile person like, Chadwick Boseman, pass from cancer, can be both painful and scary. It reminds us of how perilous the road is ahead.

I want to both acknowledge and reassure. It’s okay to be scared and also EVERY individual has a unique and distinct set of circumstances. His circumstances are NOT yours.

I know for many, Mr. Boseman was a hero and an earthly king, and it seems this was a fight he "should" have won. But in many ways he did. And regardless of how things appear, cancer behaves very differently in one individual than it does in another.

I ask that our patients acknowledge their personal fear and also their sadness. Let yourself feel it. Close your eyes and find where it shows up in your body and then breathe peace and intention to that spot, roll your shoulders, open your mouth, and stick out your tongue. Breathe again.

Remember, regardless of how many days God gives us, we only have this moment right now. If there is any lesson here, it is live. The road only SEEMS perilous because we don’t know what lies ahead. So. Live! Live! In this moment. Never for tomorrow.

With love,
Dr. Roy