Never Why Me

Hello, Nancy. Welcome to our community.

 

Here's an interesting article I'd like to share with you:

 

Moving from Breast Cancer Patient to Survivor: Smoothing the Transition

http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/78/15752/breast-cancer/

 

This is one of many SharePosts by Expert Patient PJ Hamel, who writes passionately about many aspects of breast cancer - "surviving" being a big one. Click on the link above to read more from her.

 

Best,

Maria

 

 

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Totally. It's always, "So, you're cured, huh?" The inference being, everything's fine, everything's back to "normal" - when we know that we can never go back to that "old" normal. And in fact, unless you have DCIS or LCIS, it's tricky to say you're "cured." But we can certainly create a new normal, benchmarks against which we measure our day-to-day feelings, aches and pains, energy and outlook... Breast cancer IS ongoing. Don't let it direct your life, but don't spend time fighting how you feel, either; go with the flow, make the best of it, one foot in front of the other, all that stuff. One day at a time. We WILL survive. - PJH
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It's a wonderful feeling to be a survivor.  I just recently became one.  Congratulations!

 

Sally

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