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As seen in MM, May 2008.The journaling reads as follows:“The diagnosis of breast cancer may profoundly change your life.”Those actual words were on my post-op instruction sheet.When I read them initially, they did not register in my brain. I don't even remember reading them. When I read those words a week later, I didn't think they really applied to ME! Other people, sure. ME? NO WAY! This was just a bump in the road. A short little bump in the road. WRONG, WRONG, WRONGIt took me more than a week to understand.When my breast surgeon mentioned the possibility of chemotherapy a week and a day after my first surgery and when my oncologist discussed it thoroughly the very next day, that's when I understood the TRUTH. This is not a little bump in the road of life. This is a pothole. A year later, there's much more that I understand. It wasn't a bump in the road. Sure, there was a huge SUV consuming sized pothole at the start. This was actually a detour that led me to a whole new road. I have a new body, new hair, new friends, and at the same time, I have a whole set of new fears lurking around the corners. I understand that my life actually will never be the same. I understand what it means to be a SURVIVOR.


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