I survived because I had things to do I had a 10 year old son and a husband who were not ready to be left on their own. I was also teaching grades 7, 8 and 9 art at the local school and had 85 students counting on me as a professional artist to give them all I could. I worked 3 days a week through my treatments and without the help of my family and my students I dont think I would have made it. I had grade 3 cancer and did 12 chemo and 25 radiation treatments. Looking back I think I was on auto pilot working and family are all hard on a normal day but with treatments wow.
I have to give a big thank you to my sisters who listened to my no stop talking after treatments and to my boys who learned to do laundry and cook. And a very big thank you to a group of hockey mom's who came in to clean for me and to Cindy and my mother inlaw who brought food for my boys when I was sick on the weekends after treatments.
I survived because of the support of many and the determination to do so.
To those who are going through this journey of survival remember to lean on those around you when you need to and never give up or give in to the cancer also remember those around you feel helpless and need to do what they can to help ask them to help even if it is just to listen to you every little bit will help you and the people you care for................D
Stony Plain, Canada