The day started just like any day .I went to work at 5am and I got home around 3:30pm. I made dinner as usual ate with my family. I went to take my nightly shower not realizing that my whole life would change in a split second.I felt the lump under my left arm and just knew that this was not good.
My husband and I went to the breast surgeon and found out that I had a lump in my lymph node and also my breast. It was considered Stage IIIa cancer.
2007 ended with my cancer removed and 2008 started with 16 weeks of chemo, losing my hair,and feeling so weak. My wonderful family had to help me do all the things that I used to do. My children Marissa & Joey found out what it means to grow up so fast and try to absorb all the things that their mother was going thru.My husband and soul mate Mark just jumped in to help with the housework, his job, and most of all loved me with such tenderness. He never let me lose my dignity during this whole time. He never missed a doctors appointment, chemo session or radiation treatment with me. He was and still is my rock.
Well 27 months later, 16 weeks of chemo, and 36 days of radiation I am now cancerfree. I AM A SURVIVOR!!!!!
Never feel like there is no hope don't give in to cancer. There is a great and wonderful life after cancer.
brooklyn, NY