Cancer: Literally Worse Than Death (Probably)
You may be wondering, "What am I reading? Where are the ponies? Why is some random nobody talking about sad depressing hospital related junk?" And to you I say: Be patient. The ponies will come, I promise. But first we must discuss how It came about that I first entered Ponyville. Otherwise you'd be like, "Why is this loser here? What is he doing? When do we get to see ponies?" Again, be patient. All your whining does is prolong the wait until you get to read about the ponies. And please, don't be so mean. I mean seriously, there is no need for name calling before you even finish the first paragraph. If you really don't want to wait for more than five seconds for ponies, then just pull up pretty much any site on the internet. You will find ponies, I promise.
Anyways, who am I? What is so significant about me that I had to write a whole introduction telling about me and not tiny Technicolor horses? Well, everything, really. You see, whenever I go to sleep, I wake up in Ponyville. No, really, I'm not messing around. I honestly got there every time I go to sleep. But before I can explain how I go there, I have to go back a little further.
"WHAT!?! HOW LONG CAN THIS TAKE!?!"
Oh hush! Who's telling this story anyway? If you don't like it, go write your own. Gosh.
It all started in December of 2011. I had had major leg pain for a few months now, and it was really making everyday tasks almost impossible. My family thought I had just pulled a muscle, and thought nothing of it. But on December 29, we went to go get it checked out, because it was just not getting better. They took my blood pressure, got my height, weight, nothing out of the ordinary. And then they took an x-ray of my leg, just to see if there was anything wrong with it. So I waited with my mom to get the results from the x-ray back. We didn't expect much, a pulled muscle or cracked bone at most. Boy were we mistaken.The Doctor came in and said, "Okay, I'm just gonna be straight up with you. The x-ray showed what appeared to be a tumor. Best case scenario, it's a bone infection. I'm sorry." Needless to say, I was speechless. On my way into that building, I thought I might just need to have a cast at most. Leaving, I didn't even know if I'd even stay alive.
Long story short, I had cancer. I went through all the ordinary stuff: MRI, CT scan, PET scan, you name it. We finally got the results back. It was osteosarcoma, a type of bone cancer that usually had a 60% to 80% chance of survival. So after about a month of going to nonstop doctor appointments everyday, it was finally time. Time to start chemo.
People ask me quite often, "What's it like to have chemo? What does it feel like? Is it as bad as it sounds?"
So I describe it as best as I can: Imagine getting the flu. Picture that, and then imagine a monkey taking a dump in your face and forcing you to eat it while you are being stomped on by a bull while constantly having poison shot up into you and having an endless supply of vomit that somehow comes up even if all you eat is one single cracker, and multiply that by ten. What you get is not even CLOSE to how bad chemo is.
So that had been going on for a couple of months, and I finally had a couple weeks off at home. After about three days straight of sleeping, I pulled up netflix and looked in the suggested top ten category, and the first thing that popped up was My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. I had heard about it on the internet, and was kinda curious about it, but not enough to actually watch it, because that would be madness, right? Well, seeing as I was to tired to watch something that involved to much thinking, and my brothers were getting on my nerves and I just wanted some quiet, I decided to give it a try. I mean really, how bad could it be?
THAT. WAS. AWESOME!!! I mean, at first I wasn't sure. It was definitely easy to make fun of. I mean, come on, Twilight Sparkle? As in, the sparkly vampires from the movie Twilight? Really? But I gave it a chance. It was about the time when I first saw Pinkie Pie that I was convinced that this would at least be funny. And after watching the first three episodes, I was instantly hooked! That was all I watched for days. I guess you could even say that it made my life... wait for it... 20% Cooler!!! I know, I know, really overused pun, but who cares. I have cancer. Deal with it.
So after my brief "Vacation" from Hell (excuse me, the cancer clinic. Sometimes its hard to tell the two apart), It was time to go back. It's amazing how a couple of weeks in your own bed can make such a difference. Immediately, I was wishing I was back at home. The smells were bad, the food was literally worse than my vomit, and every four hours I was woken up to get my blood pressure, heart rate, and to check my temp. As much as they want you to rest, they sure don't let you have any.
Well, this is when things turned around. I can't really explain what happened, so I'll have to do my best. They gave me a new chemo drug. It was a new drug that had just been approved for testing. Great. I get to be the guinea pig for this new drug that I don't even know if it will work or not. It was called Raridalilghtershappiepie. I called it C.R.A.P. for short. At first I felt no different than before. I was tired, nauseated, would've rather been dead than had to hear that unbelievably annoying noise of the machine pumping poison into me mess up for the thirty-thousandth time that day, and just all around felt like poop. Eventually I was able to go to sleep
Then I woke up. But I wasn't in the hospital anymore. I was lying on my back in a tree. My head hurt really bad, like I had landed on it. Before I knew what was happening, I was floating around the room. My head finally stopped hurting long enough for me to see what was the cause of me being airborne. There, right in front of me, was a small, purple unicorn. That's when I realized. I wasn't in the hospital anymore. I was in Equestria.
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Hey Guys! So this story IS based on real life events. I really did have cancer, and most of the things in the first chapter really did happen, just not necessarily in that order. Now, Obviously, I didn't really get warped into Equestria, but I thought it would make for a good story. Please feel free to tell me what you think and ideas as to how I can improve on it.
This story is dedicated to anyone who has ever had to go through the tough battle of cancer, or who knows anyone who has/is going through it. My prayers go out to you.
........ - clicks track - proceeeede.
I read the first paragraph, and decided tracking was in order....
You can really write man. I love this. I am not usually the one to care on how some brony on the internet got into the shot because it's always the same thing. But this is amazing. I can't wait to see what you have in store for this!!!
Go on...
1220380 Thanks Man. I really was just sitting around thinking of an idea of a fan fiction that was original yet worth reading. At first I was just going to where whenever I went to sleep, I'd wake up in Equestria, and vice versa. But I thought it was kinda cliche and lacked a plot that I could really build upon. Then I thought, what If I based it on my real encounters with cancer, and went from there. That really added to the characterization, emotion, and overall plot. So what could've been probably three chapters at most is not probably going to be around ten at the very least.
And thanks for the compliment. This is really the first story I've ever really worked on besides school assignments, so I was nervous as to how it would turn out. Apparently It turned out much better than I thought.
1221809 I am currently working on chapter two. I'm really trying to put enough detail where it is needed and not just rush through it as fast as I can. I'd rather it take longer and be better than be done quicker yet have less overall quality.
Plus, I'm having to recall and write about some pretty emotional things from my past, so it's kinda hard to do to much at once.
I'm really glad you enjoyed it, and I promise I'll upload as soon as I'm done with it.
At first I thought "Oh lord, someone made a fanfic about cancer."
But once I read it, I'm actually impressed. This fic has a lot of emotion in it, I'm really excited to hear how it'll come out! Especially coming from somebody who actually had the disease (which, by the way, I hope you never get again).
1222536 Thanks!
Yea, at first glance at the title, I can totally see how that could be taken as a trollfic. 
Nice! I have been hoping that someone would write a fic like this!
fwhew, going through a cancer battle, i can't imagine anyone who'd deserve it more to wake up in equestria when they sleep =3
for any corrections i can't name more than i think Pet scan is also in capitals, so PET scan, as the letters are as much an abbreviation as MRI and CT, but that's a pretty trivial thing. Only useful thing i can mention is one line in the last paragraph, "I my head finally stopped hurting long enough for me to see what was the cause of me being airborne" that I shouldn't be there =3
and that's me just reaching at straws for something to suggest. My own story is filled with LOTS more flaws, though hopefully removing my current chapters and replacing them with the [already twice the size] revised prologue i'm working on will improve it's rating and quality some. I'd go as far as saying i recommend you don't read the version i have on FIMFiction anymore ^^;.
i am itching to see what you'll write for the next chapters, and wish you the best of luck ^^ a survivor like you deserves it.
1223334 Thanks for pointing that out. I think i realize what happened in the last paragraph: Originally I had twilight picking me up with her magic, but canceled that idea. Apparently I forgot to delete that sentence.
Not having a proofreader can be kinda tricky. But thanks again for bringing that to my attention. I'll definitely fix that.
1223334 Scratch that. I thought you meant that it wasn't clear as to how i was floating, but it was just the extra "I". Haha Fail on my part.
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hun, there is no fail whatsoever on your part!
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I know how it is to write a story at first. It's kinda weird but once you start, it's really hard to stop writing!
122540 I traveled down the same road as you. I am a survivor of brain cancer. I have a keloid on the back of mu head to prove it. I endured chemo for a month before it left me. I still have nightmares about mu personal analogy for it: 10 atom bombs going off per square inch of my body, on every inch of my body. *shudders* I despised chemo. Fortunately, it was about 7 years
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Wow. That really sucks.
And Chemo really is the worst possible thing. 
But I'm really glad you're doing better now!
I see what you did there.