When I got breast Cancer, We didn’t have health insurance. The Cost was Tremendous, and we are now in debt a lot. We had to sale our store, and my husband took a lower paying job so that we could get insurance, which by the way after having Cancer twice is Extremely High. I think That I focused on those things so that I didn’t have to focus on the fact that I had Breast Cancer, That I lost both of my breast and some lymph nodes, I didn’t want to admit that my body now had limitations, I didn’t want to admit that my Body was doing weird things. Most of all I didn’t want to admit that I didn’t have control over myself.
What Breast Cancer didn’t take from me was the will to survive; it didn’t take my family and friends. After the Cancer I found a wonderful Church family, because through the whole ordeal, my other church family wasn’t there. I went right back to work a week after they removed both of my breasts, and hopefully it gave someone else a better outlook on life. It didn’t take my life, I fought the good fight. It made me lean on God so much more than I Ever had, and I hope I never lose that relationship with him, because there are times when no one saw me cry that he did. Jesus is the great comforter. I know he is a God of restoration and that one day these bills will be gone, and I can start saving for reconstruction.
The reason I wrote this was for the ones who are just now facing it. It will be okay, you are stronger than you think. If you ever need anyone to talk to or just to vent to I’m here…
Delhi, LA
