1 Year Cancerversary Tomorrow!

I am happy to finally get this last year past me - tomorrow is my one year cancerversary and it will be a much better day than it was this time last year.  Hair is coming in - looking more like a real hairstyle every day.  Scars are slowly fading.  Pain comes and goes, as does swelling and painful discharge - result of intensive healing.  All scans and tests are clear clear clear, and I have been given green lights by all my doctors.

I certainly never expected to have to have gone through the past year - fear at finding the lump, the shock and horror of diagnosis, the many surgeries, the nightmare of chemo and it's long-term side effects, the daily bombardment of radiation, losing my eyebrows and eyelashes over and over again (and still am!), waiting for my hair to grow and the ever-present fear of recurrence or mets (and I know I will live with this fear for the rest of my life - maybe not looming as large as it has been, but always in the corner, just out of sight).

I want to thank all of the wonderful women who have been with me on my terrible journey this year - those sisters who soldiered on with me through surgeries, chemo, and rads - and who encouraged me, and allowed me to encourage them, as we had our ups and downs on this very unpredictable, bumpy road.  I want to thank all of the brave women who could no longer fight their battles with this beast - and know that they are all angels watching over us and their families, and I pray for strength and courage (to borrow from Faith) for each and every one of us, no matter what stage or grade - to keep up the good fight and live our lives with love, a little laughter and lots of light and peace.