What cancer has done...

I have wanted to be transparent about all of this.  And I feel like I have done a mediocre job of that, so this post is the one that will bring it all to the front.  

Everyone has a fucked up view of cancer.  Everyone thinks the diagnosis and the active treatment are the hard parts.  Don't get me wrong they are.  When I got the call I didn't even know what to think.  It was the absolute worst feeling I have ever had.  And it was on a Friday at 5:00 pm, so I had no one to give me any answers and I just had to sit with the thought of this thing growing inside my body, trying to kill me.  Because that's what cancer does.  It takes over your healthy cells and turns them against you.  

Breast Cancer EDUCATION, not awareness

My goal with this blog has been to provide updates about my treatment and progress to all of you without having to post on Facebook or send email after email.  But it has turned into more.

I want to provide education to people about breast cancer.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. PINK.  EVERYWHERE.  So, I want to provide some education about that.  Before you buy something with a pink ribbon on it take a few seconds and see where the money goes.  Because guess what?  Not a lot of the sales from pink items go to fund breast cancer research.  Here are a few examples:

October brings us....

Well, where to start....

Let's see.  I got my port out!  And that is awesome.  My port has hurt from the time it was put in.  Any time the kids would bump me I would feel like I was going to throw up.  So, I am happy to see it go.  And the surgery to remove it was CRAZY.  I was awake, which was awesome, really!  It was so cool to hear the doctor talk about what he was going to do and to be alert in the operating room.  And it was QUICK!  Less than an hour, in and out!  Very different from all my other surgeries.