I have several...

My sisters granson had a brain tumor when he was about 7, had surgery and was fine. It grew back a few years later, they went in and removed it again and he has been fine since, he is now a handsome young man.

Best friend had cancer 3 times. First time, she was about 18, cancer in female organs.. She made them wait till she had a baby to do surgery so she went and get herself pregnant before all parts had to be taken out. Then, breast cancer in left breast at about 40, removed the breast and even though she begged them to take both breasts, they wouldn't do it. A year later, she got it in the other breast and they had to take it too. She was a big breasted woman and she was GLAD to be rid of them and unless it is s special event, she won't wear her prostisies(sp?)
ones. She says she is all "breasted out" and don't like them!

My oldest brother put off having his colonscopy done to long and got colon cancer. Was cancer free for 2 years and it showed up again. Had surgery again and was cancer free for another 2 years and it showed up again, this time on the liver. He died during the surgery on his liver.

Five years later, Mama has it. She refuses to have surgery for it and we all knew if she did have the surgery at age 80, she would not survive the surgery so we did not argue with her. They gave her only 1 year without the surgery. She lived 17 months. We kept her at home. The week before she passed away, she started telling my sister to call us to come, that she was dying and wanted to see us before she left this world. As the week went on, Mama got more and more insistant that she wanted to see us before she left. (I was at work on a boat on the lower Mississippi River) Anyhow, I got home Saturday and Mama passed away Sunday night. She just went to sleep after a day of everyone coming by to see her and say "Goodbye". It was a peaceful death and she suffered VERY little. She was ready to go and said she had, had a good life and was ready. I hope I can go with the love and dignity she did.