This is not MY story, it is the story of my breast cancer. My breast cancer is but a part of my wonderful and exciting life. I was a survivor even before I was diagnosed. I won't EVEN consider the alternative.... :) Now I realize I am also a Warrior.

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Diagnosis Date - 31 December 2007; Invasive Ductal Carcinoma (IDC) & Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS) Lumpectomy - 14 December 2007 Re-excisions - 31 January & 6 March 2008 Stage 2, Grade 2 Lymph Node-, HR+, HER2-, BRCA- Treatment; 4 cycles of chemotherapy; Cytoxan (cyclophosphamide) & Taxotere (docetaxel), every 21 days. Chemo completed July 2008. 6 and 1/2 weeks of daily Radiation completed at the end of September 2008. Left radical mastectomy with tram flap reconstruction August 2009.

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Tammy's Top 10 - Benefits of Cancer

(Order is strictly mood based!)

*You actually get to think "It's All About Me" and it really is!

*You find out just how many people love in in so many ways.

*You truly do get a different perspective on life (make it a good thing)

*You can eat whatever you want when you do feel like eating and then blame it on the steroids (Soon to be transferred over to the worst list!)

*The exhaustion forces your independent, caretaker attitude to simply be quiet and appreciate someone else taking care of you.

*If you're "lucky" enough to have chemo in the summer, your head stays much cooler than all those "hot" chicks with the long, luscious locks.

* You can attribute (aka blame) most things on "chemo brain"

*OK - So maybe I here really isn't 10 that I can think of! But hey - I don't have to, I'm going through chemo! ;0)

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