I Choose to Fight Author:Randy Harper Tom Harper's Courageous Victory Over Cancer. "It was impossible not to think about dying from cancer, but it was possible to look past it. I didn't concentrate on dying. Everyone is required to get the most out of his or her life; to contribute something of quality and not to be judged merely by how long they live. I was prepared to die, but I r... more »efused to give in to that possibility. There were other tings to do, and cancer was not going to deny me the chance to accomplish them. Death-no; dying-no; cancer-maybe; treatment-two years to go. I would do it! I had to build myself up, increase my resistance, control my senses, my emotions, combine them into on tool to work for me. Time was on my side and no matter how much worse my condition could get, I would live. I prepared to die by preparing to live with determination, the support of others, and by the grace of God."« less