Kuala Lampur, July 9 -- I could never say that cancer is a gift.

No, it's a disease that's painful, the treatment is also painful as well as expensive and - 10/10 zero stars would not recommend it.

Even shitt has its uses so I decided, well, I might as well see what good I can squeeze out of it.

Mind you, whatever blessings I might have managed to wring out of this chronic illness will not be the same ones for other people.

Every day I am reminded how many people have it worse.

Like this man I saw on Facebook with his head bald, a noticeable surgery seam across his head.

Multiple surgeries for a cancer that metastasised from a childhood brain tumour; doctors had written him off and told him well we'll just see how long we can keep y...