Hello world! This is Why I’m Writing About My Breast Cancer Treatment
It’s taken me 15 months to get up and running, but I guess it’s never too late for a good thing, right? I hope this is a good thing. With National Breast Cancer Awareness Month - October - just around the corner, it’s rather fitting that I get this site off the ground now, finally! I have had a heck of a journey over the last year+ since my breast cancer diagnosis. I’ve learned a lot since going through breast cancer treatment that I want to share. I wish I had had someone like me to talk to and learn from when I was going through my treatment and surgeries and complications…
So here I am, a 15 month breast cancer survivor at 38 years old. Like I said above, the lessons I have learned along my journey have been great and trying. I know that every cancer is different, as is every person, so the diagnosis and treatment options are so varied – but still, there are a lot of details that cancer patients going through treatment will share. My hope is that my story will touch someone, be that a cancer patient or someone who knows someone who is, and it will help them in some way.
I didn’t keep a written journal throughout this whole journey (now I wish I had!), but I did start one when I was first diagnosed. I will be taking excerpts from that journal, and I will be taking things from my memory and my heart and I will start from the beginning – starting with the next post.
I welcome any comments or questions you may have and will do my best to answer every one.
Final thought: Breast Cancer Awareness Month starts in a few days (October) – throw a “Think Pink Party” to remind all your girlfriends to get their annual mammograms. If not yet getting mammograms, then remember to do your breast self-exams – it’s what saved my life!
Wow! This is pure coincidence!
I just happen to browse your Disney hubpage because my hubby and I are thinking about it. When I read your story, I got goosebumps. It’s October, breast cancer awareness month, and I have just posted an article about it on my eXaminer page and my website, theFlickrite.com. I also uploaded a photo on my Flickr.
This is inspiring, especially to those undergoing the same scenario. It’s good that you find healing in blogging, too.
Best of luck to you!!!
Thank you for visiting, Lancelonie. Yes, it’s been very therapeutic for me to write about it. I also hope someone who needs this type of insight can find it. Everyone’s story and experience is different, but I feel that it helps to know what someone else in similar shoes has been through.
I tried to visit your site, but it won’t let me access it without an invitation…
Hi Tati,
Jenny called me today after a long while. She told me about your hubpages, which I found as well as your blog site. Throughout this entire process I have kept you in my thoughts and regret not reaching out to you. On the other hand, it’s been so long I didn’t know if the time was time. Dumb, eh?! Anyway, I look forward to reading on…….
Love, Mariel
Lily Rose,
Thanks for checking out my blog! Hope you are doing well! Writing about the ongoing journey and sharing it is always helpful for me too!
It was very strange to read an blog that sounded just like my journey!!! I’m 38 and not yet cancer free, I’m just now going thru radiation and also had the tram flap procedure. I’m looking forward to reading more about your journey.
Thank you for visiting, Valerie. I’m sorry to hear that you’re going through this, too. If I can help in any way, please contact me (you can use the contact link at the top of the page) – I can be an ear for venting or I’ll answer any questions that I can. I know what you’re going through. I did not have anyone that could relate so well to what I was going through at the time and that’s why I created this site and wrote all the cancer articles at Hubpages that I did – so hopefully I could touch someone and give help to someone.