I will always associate my cancer treatment with the Lord of the Rings films. The Fellowship of the Ring came out during my first round of chemo, The Two Towers was released whilst I was in hospital during my bone marrow transplant and The Return of the King was released the week that I learnt that I was a year in remission.
Back then, this quote gave me a lot of inspiration:
Frodo: I wish [the Ring] had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened.
Gandalf: So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.
And that's what I've been doing since then. Deciding what to do with this time that I have. Trying to fit in as much as I can while it lasts. And strangely, this year, adjusting to the fact that it might go on for quite a while - this whole future before me that I have to plan out - has been hard.
Frodo: I cannot do this alone.
Galadriel: You are a Ring-bearer, Frodo. To bear a Ring of Power is to be alone.
I always liked that one too.
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