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I met a woman during my treatments, stage 4 breast ca bone and brain mets and has been on and off treatment for the last 12 years. She works everyday, loves her family, cooks Sunday meals, and takes vacations with friends....to me, that is a testament to the idea of living your life in the present, not looking to the future at your own death.We all will die. That is guaranteed. Yes, we may all at some point recur, or we may not, but you know, I can live with that. I don't need statistics to tell me I have an 20% chance of recurrence in the next 3 years or a 23.5% chance of metastasis in 2 years. The only statistic I need is that I am here right now and I have been given this time, so I will cross a recurrence bridge if and when I get to it. The only thing I can't live with is the fear and doom of cancer hovering over my head...
Cheers to us and today!
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