I decided to enter the Relay for Life this year because for a long time I have not talked very much about having had cancer 11 years ago, and this was one way for me try to open the dialogue.  Too often cancer is a very silent disease.  People who have it may not know, and when they do, they and/or their loved ones often find themselves unable to talk about it.  I will be walking in celebration of being cancer free for all this time, and in memory of Jan Reed, the former director of my children's preschool, who suffered from a painful, undiagnosed breast cancer for over a year before finally being recognized at an incurable stage.  I am also walking in the memory of my grandfather, Sam Roybal, who died last year of recurrent, metastatic stomach cancer just days after telling me that he was fine and I did not need to come and visit.  I could list more friends, family members, and even patients that I have cared for who have been affected by cancer, unfortunately all of us can.  I