Going PINK

Hi All,



Its October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Its not my favorite month. I was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 29 Oct. 23, 2001. No family history, no risk factors. Had a mastectomy, reconstruction, chemo and radiation all while caring for a 16 month old, working and trying to make sense of my life. The following year on Oct 16, 2002, I found out the cancer had spread. I started on Herceptin on you guessed it Oct 23, 2002. One year later. This disease wouldn't give me a break. I hated October. I felt like every Pink building, ribbon, shirt, ad just threw the cancer back in my face. But I realised, the cancer was winning if I felt that way. I now embrace October and all my fellow survivors. I wear pink, go to luncheons, buy pink products and thank God that I have a cancer that is so well researched, I have outlived the statistics. I am a SURVIVOR. So this blog is going Pink for October.