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I was constantly dancing around the house. They used to call me the baby even to this
day when I hear my brothers discussing something about me I'll hear them refer to me as the
baby. My breast cancer was found because I was being followed carefully over the years
I had a history of benign tumors and cysts to me it was always not if I was going to
get breast cancer but when. It happened about 3 months after my husband passed suddenly
and within a couple of weeks of my 2 very best friends being diagnosed with cancer.
During that period like most people getting that kind of diagnosis I was pretty much walking
into walls, I think I was in shock. I had a choice either I was going to be a bitter
old biddy or I was going to say let's make the best of what you have in front of you.
That was not easy I had to push myself, my friends and family helped tremendously. My
husband unfortunately never really enjoyed good health he had been sick for a number
of years, my husband had a good sense of humor and a very positive attitude, he just pushed
himself and it was great I think I learned a lot from him. Luckily enough the tumor was
small it had all the good signs if you can have good signs in cancer, it had not spread
to my lymph nodes but it was of the size and type it was advised I undergo chemotherapy
which I did it was 8 cycles, which took me through that August following that I started
radiation and that was daily for 6 weeks. I did have a very good support system and
they were extremely helpful. One day is it going to raise its ugly little head and bite
me? Is it floating around in my bones now? Could it be traveling up to my brain? Is that
why I am forgetting things, is that why I can't concentrate? Those thoughts definitely
still arise but they are not paralyzing. Someone said one day you'll realize that today you
really didn't think about the cancer. And you say that's not possible and in fact it
does happen so being faced with a life threatening illness yes it's life threatening but it
wasn't a death sentence it's manageable for many women for years and you can't crawl
under a rock you have to face it you have to fight.