Kristi blogs Pink Prozac about her breast cancer survivorship and life. In
2001, on her 31st birthday, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. The first time she visited her physician about the
lump in her breast, he said she was too young to have breast cancer. He told her to stop worrying about it. But it kept
bothering her, the lump in her breast, and so, eight months later, she went in and asked the physician to examine the
lump again. After a mammogram and ultrasound, Kristi was told what she feared from the beginning. Kristi had breast
cancer. At work, she blogs that her boss and co-workers let her, "sit there and stare at my computer and cry and constantly look up breast cancer information on the internet. I was in a daze and it was very hard to get out of bed every morning. I thought I was definitely going to die." Five years later, Kristi is a breast cancer survivor who is still scared and paranoid, and also very happy.
1. Kristie, It is difficult with all the questions that remain, what did I do or didn't do to get here? I didn't go the usual route when I found I had cancer. I had to look for alternatives. I have gained such confidence in watching my cancer dissappear. I have no doubts that if I keep doing what I am doing I'll not see the beast again. Keep searching I have found answers and now live with confidence and I am sure that you can do the same.
Posted at 3:21PM on Mar 9th 2006 by Raine