05/09/2026
I'll share this now then move on to fun with my daughter. Tomorrow is 10 years from D day for me..diagnosis day. I'm so grateful for the ten years I have gotten but want many more!
Check your bo***es, check your friend's bo***es(ok maybe let them check their own)
Breast cancer isn't always a lump. Mine wasn't. It was pain after a 10k run. It was a line in the skin I thought was from my bra but when I lifted my arm in the air and the skin pulled in I knew I had breast cancer and then had to break it to my husband of 10 months.
Watch for skin dimpling, ni**le discharge, rashes, lumps, bumps, firmness, pain...get it checked out!
I wasn't taking it laying down, had the bilateral mastectomy, thought I was free but then it was in my lymph nodes so here comes 6 rounds of heavy duty chemo and the dreaded red devil as well as an axillary node dissection and 26 days of holding my breath to make my chest rise so the radiation focused on the left side of my chest didn't damage my heart.
I'm here and would go through it all again to have these 10 years.
Live life. Love your people. Rescue the dogs. Volunteer. Feed the poor.
It's not a dress rehearsal.
I've been married to my "in sickness and health" warrior for almost 11 years. I've rock climbed in the mountains of Mexico, horseback rode in the Canadian Rockies, hiked down the grand canyon and am going kayaking with the whales with my amazing daughter and adventure buddy Jess. I've seen my son get married on the beaches of Hawaii then scuba diving with the sea turtles of Hawaii.
Most important...give back, live NOW and check your bo***es!
