What some special young women have learned throughout their breast cancer journey.
What cancer has taught me:
- To see beauty in what before I would have thought to be ugly.
- That there are total strangers that can lift your spirits.
- Who my true friends are.
- To forgive.
- To bring a sweater everywhere I go.
- Not to feel guilty about day-time naps.
- How to swallow five pills at a time.
- To ask every nurse, clerical person, lab tech, scan tech I encounter what their name is.
- To give more hugs and always tell the ones I love ..that I do love them..every time we speak.
- How to poop and throw up at the same time.
- To look at my kids more (when they are not looking).
- To realize that you can live with cancer.
- Meds are my friends.
- Hair grows really slowly.
- Some drugs make you fat.
- Life is really not fair, and bad things happen to really good people.
- To be more comfortable challenging authority, asking more questions and speaking my mind.
- That my husband absolutely adores me.
- To be more selfish and take time out for me.
- To go out and do the things that make me happy.
- Not to take life or people for granted.
- To see the little things in life that I never saw before.
- To love even more than before.
- Time is very valuable.
- Where to find a good wig in New York.
- That I'm not that afraid of needles.
- That I really am a 'glass half full' person.
- That I'm stronger than I ever expected.
- How nice it is to sit on the porch on a warm day.
- That being bald ain't so bad.
- That I can cope with more than I ever thought possible.
- That it is okay to need other people, okay to be vulnerable and okay to ask for help.
1. Does anyone know how to get in touch with someone at Meredith.com to get back issues and subscribe to Beyone magazine for women with breast cancer?
I saw a copy yesterday that my strength training instructor brought to our class to share and would to have back issues and a subscription.
Thanks so much!
jpoppe1744@yahoo.com
Posted at 6:37PM on Apr 26th 2007 by Jo Poppe