“We do what we gotta do to live, Sis,” she would often tell me. She was right and together, we did what we had to do to survive.
For so many of us in the cancer community, establishing connections with other survivors and thrivers has been a key piece in our ability to heal. We lean on one another and we learn from one another.
If I learned one thing during this FIGHT with breast cancer, it would be to remind myself that life is too short.
My outlook was that it could have been worse! Why complain? Cancer did not bring me to my knees, it brought me to my feet. I learned I was stronger than I imagined I was.
No, I am not the woman I was before, but the woman I am today shines the way God always intended for me to shine. And I am not sad at all that part of me had to die, so a greater me could emerge.
Sometimes I just want to complain about it all without someone saying you’re strong you’ll get through it, but sometimes smiling makes it easier for everyone else around you.
How do you find your new normal like your oncologist so nonchalantly suggested? As if you were looking for your iPhone that had the “Find my iPhone” feature enabled.
I spent my first cancer-free year insulating myself from all things related to recurrence and MBC and you know what happened?
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