with reconstruction, four months of chemotherapy, and then I was declared cancer free! From there, I thought I was a cancer survivor. I didn't know that if you found cancer at an early stage, it could still spread to your bones or lungs.
You mourn the life you thought you were going to have. You've been dealt this other hand that you have to work with. It can be difficult, but it also can be fabulous. You make the decision on how you want to continue your days. Find a way to embrace the new normal. For me, if I had stopped working, I probably would have declined very quickly. I don't want to be a full-time cancer patient.
This March, I started a new treatment, and it's the only time I lost my hair. It is the first time I felt like I looked sick. Although it was initially tough for my son, he got a real kick out of shaving my head! He doesn't remember me not having cancer, and I'm always very open with him. But chemo has made me tired. He wants to jump in the pool and run around, and I have to build up the energy to do activities with him.
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