Quote Originally Posted by Mount Suribachi
Cancer changes people. My dad has fought 4 bouts of Cancer in the last 5 years, and I have seen with my own eyes how it changed him. Already quite a focussed and determined man, he became even more so (my dad that is).
Indeed it does. Every year when I got my checkups it helped me focus on what I really wanted to achieve. Now that I am on to once only every two years I have noticed that without the checkup I'm not quite as focused, angry at the world yet determined etc

I asked Wasabi out while I was going through my first treatment phase. Normally I wouldn't have, but I figured what the heck do I have to lose?Luckily for myself mine was the most mild form of skin cancer you can get, but while waiting for the biopsys to come through it really did add to my focal ability, and it still does when I am reminded of it.

Quote Originally Posted by Mount Suribachi
My favourite Lance moments are those when his rivals challenged him, attacked him, and Lance would just respond, match them, stay with them, almost taunting them with a "is that all you got?" Inside he may have been hurting like hell, but he never let them see, always looked cool. The only exeption would have been his 5th win, when he really struggled.
After going through a painful experience emotionally, mentally and physically it can make someone a lot tougher or it could make them more crystal like and prone to shatter. It would be obvious to most that it made Lance a tough son of a gun.