What is being a survivor? The definition according to Webster is:
— sur·vi·vor noun
I have been trying to write something about surviving, being a survivor. But no matter what metaphor I think of, what analogy I come up with, they don't seem right.
I am a survivor. I had breast cancer in 1999. I had a lumpectomy, a lymphectomy, I have 3 small pinpoint dot tattoos that mark my radiation site.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. Let no one ever tell you that you do not need a mammogram before the age of 50 if there is no history of breast cancer in your family or that it isn't important or you shouldn't worry about it. I was 45 with no history of cancer in my family, really didn't think having a mammogram was a big deal (I had already cancelled one appointment) and I wasn't worried about the appointment I was at (it was my first mammogram, I mean really, me? cancer?). What more can I add?
Oh, except the geeky part....live long and prosper.
to continue to function or prosper despite : withstand <they survived many hardships>
I have been trying to write something about surviving, being a survivor. But no matter what metaphor I think of, what analogy I come up with, they don't seem right.
I am a survivor. I had breast cancer in 1999. I had a lumpectomy, a lymphectomy, I have 3 small pinpoint dot tattoos that mark my radiation site.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. Let no one ever tell you that you do not need a mammogram before the age of 50 if there is no history of breast cancer in your family or that it isn't important or you shouldn't worry about it. I was 45 with no history of cancer in my family, really didn't think having a mammogram was a big deal (I had already cancelled one appointment) and I wasn't worried about the appointment I was at (it was my first mammogram, I mean really, me? cancer?). What more can I add?
Oh, except the geeky part....live long and prosper.
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