I sat in the sterile room, the smell of antiseptic stinging my nostrils. “You have cancer,” the doctor said, and my heart dropped. All I could think was, “But I’m only 40!” I felt my world shatter into a million little pieces. The light from the window flickered as if the universe was mocking me. I had no idea that in the midst of fear, I was about to stumble into something life-changing.
The words echoed in my mind like a haunting melody. “You have cancer.” I replayed it over and…