Things I Wish I'd Known Before Fighting Cancer:

• Eat as much as possible when hunger strikes because that'll only happen about twice.
• A hot bath will do more good than most pain killers.
• Well-wishers can be annoying and exhausting even though they mean well.
• Don't expect everyone to know what you're going through even if they tell you they do.
• It's not a good idea to take three Percosets and an Oxycontin at once, no matter how bad the pain is.
• Pain killers stop working after a few months (see above).
• Laughter is NOT the best medicine three hours after abdominal surgery.
• Shaving your head is kind of nice; it's growing back the hair that sucks.
• Wigs are made of real hair. They need washing too.
• There is an art to throwing up.
• Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream saves lives.
• People are amazing.