I got an interesting piece of mail today from my doctor's (my
original gyn-onc) office. It surprised me and honestly brought tears.
It was an invitation to a celebration of National Cancer
Survivors Day.
I guess I hadn't really thought of myself as a survivor. I mean
I didn't have chemo or radiation or have a big surgery to get rid of body parts
or lose my hair.
But, my life was
turned upside down for the past 14 months. I made it through 14 months of
hormonal therapy that transformed my body. I made it through 5 minor surgeries
under general anesthesia. I put my career on hold and prioritized my family -
the one that I have now and my future, potential family.
I went from carcinoma to complex hyperplasia with atypia to
complex hyperplasia without atypia to atypical proliferation to normal
endometrium!
So I guess I really am a survivor. And that should be
celebrated, whether my husband and I go to the party at the cancer center or
just out to dinner together.
National
Cancer Survivors Day is Sunday, June 3. Congratulate your friends and family
who have survived, the ones who heard that word, cancer, and made it through,
both physically and emotionally. And remember the ones who didn’t…
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