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...
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If I remember an anniversary I celebrate it!
If one goes by and I don't remember then I congratulate myself that my life is much more than breast cancer.
Although I wish the whole breast cancer thing hadn't happened to me - it did.
Right after my diagnosis I saw a psychologist who told me to try to find a positive in everything that happened. I thought that was pretty crap advice at the time but I gave it a go and it actually worked for me. It was just a matter of re-framing things in my mind.
So the day I found that lump was the day I saved my life.
The day my biopsy result came back was the day I knew what I was facing.
The day I had surgery was the day I got rid of that cancer.
Chemo, radiation and now hormone therapy are just more milestones to remember how hard I worked and am still working to make sure I have the best chance possible.
Every mammogram, ultrasound, scan or test is more evidence that I'm still here and still healthy.
These things are all worth celebrating because to me they are good things.
But just like @Brenda5 while I'm on Arimidex I'm lucky if I remember what day it is anyway!
If one goes by and I don't remember then I congratulate myself that my life is much more than breast cancer.
Although I wish the whole breast cancer thing hadn't happened to me - it did.
Right after my diagnosis I saw a psychologist who told me to try to find a positive in everything that happened. I thought that was pretty crap advice at the time but I gave it a go and it actually worked for me. It was just a matter of re-framing things in my mind.
So the day I found that lump was the day I saved my life.
The day my biopsy result came back was the day I knew what I was facing.
The day I had surgery was the day I got rid of that cancer.
Chemo, radiation and now hormone therapy are just more milestones to remember how hard I worked and am still working to make sure I have the best chance possible.
Every mammogram, ultrasound, scan or test is more evidence that I'm still here and still healthy.
These things are all worth celebrating because to me they are good things.
But just like @Brenda5 while I'm on Arimidex I'm lucky if I remember what day it is anyway!