Mount Everest is Earth’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal subrange of the Himalayas. The China–Nepal border runs across its summit point. Its elevation (snow height) of 8,848.86 m (29,031.7 ft) was most recently established in 2020 by the Nepali and Chinese authorities. The Tibetan name for Everest is “Qomolanma, Holy Mother.” That friends, are exactly what I refer to as my cancer as well ”Holy Mother!”

The funny thing about so many diseases out there is that they do not have a regular shelf life! By that I mean they never end until you die. Even a cure, or remission brings with it the big word: Maintenance.

Well I guess it goes back to one of my other blogs, is cancer a gift. You all know how I feel about that. It is certainly not! But for the purpose for this blog, let’s pretend it is gifted, delivered, sent down or just caught! Unfortunately, it is not gifted equally. Meaning that there are huge disparities and inequities in those who receive cancer. Disparities are divided between the number of new cancer patients and their outcomes in certain populations. This includes older people (that’s me now), poorer socioeconomic folks, racial, ethnic, and gender minorities (LGBT+). So, you are now asking, how and why is this happening, and how do we fix this?