????Question for all BC survivors????
This is a stupid question, but I'm wondering if it is just me or if others feel this way. When you were first diagnosed, I'm sure that you just as I, were given many BC logo items (i.e. pink ribbons) from friends, family, other survivors, well wishers etc and they were ALL very much appreciated, BUT since being out of treatment (finished treatment 8/06) I STILL get BC logo items for every occasion. Part of me is very proud of being a BC survivor and on "special occasions" I proudly wear my pink ribbons, but I'm at a point were I don't want BC to "define me" especially since wanting to "get on with my life" (I observe my BC survivorship in my own "quiet" way). Is it just me or do others feel this way?
Rhonda
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Rhonda
Dx 2/1/05, Stage 1, 0 nodes, Grade 3, ER/PR-, HER2+ (3.16 Fish)
2/7/05, Partial Mastectomy
5/18/05 Finished 6 rounds of dose dense TEC (Taxotere, Epirubicin and Cytoxan)
8/1/05 Finished 33 rads
8/18/05 Started Herceptin, every 3 weeks for a year (last one 8/10/06)
2/1/13...8 year Cancerversary and I am "perfect" (at least where cancer is concerned;)
" And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."- Abraham Lincoln
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