I kept telling him I was going to be okay. I can't imagine what it was like for him to tell me I had cancer. By the time women with this type of breast cancer are diagnosed, the cancer has usually spread. Life expectancy is usually three years. I love my life.
Cancer is such an inconvenience.
I have so many things planned. I decided then, 'I am not giving in to self-pity. I know I can take control of this disease. By the time I reached the checkout line, I had wiped the tears away and was ready to move ahead. She and her doctors mapped out an aggressive treatment schedule.