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How do you handle the big anniversaries?
Hey everyone Its the first anniversary of my surgery date tomorrow; the fateful day I parted ways with what was left of my tumour, a third of my breast, and about 23 lymph nodes. I always try t...
I usually don’t do anything on the day, bit like @Zoffiel. Maybe in the first year after diagnosis. I was always a bit paranoid about celebrating, sounds weird hey. However I did have a recurrence 18mths after 1st diagnosis. What I do now is wait until my annual surgeon appointment (7 year since second diagnosis coming up). Then I wait until I see if she orders any tests etc, then if she does, I wait until I have results, and then when they are all good or if she doesn’t order any I excitedly text everyone important to me and have a quiet drink in celebration that I am alive and well another year I didn’t think I would be.
Paula xx
Paula xx