ANNIVERSARY/ 18 Year Survivor

Hello Family, this is msphil just wanted to drop a line to let you All know next week December 17 th, I will be a 18 year cancer Survivor(Praise God), I pray for Us daily,my journey and trials started on Sept 30, 1993, when I found my lump, I was in the process of making wedding plans, I worked at a clinic and went into work and had a surgeon friend do a needle biopsy, and I knew from the look of him and my nurse buddy it was not good news, I could have had a Lumpectomy but my husband and I agreed the mastectomy would give me better option for long term survival, so here it is 18 yrs later (praise God) and I never gave up HOPE that I would survive, and I also spoke it, each day "I will live and not die," so I just wanted to share with all  BUT especially for those Just Diagnosed and those who feel down this Holiday Season, BELIEVE.  God Bless,  Love and Hugs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)(idc, stage 2, 3 nodes invovled, L mast with reconstruction but body rejected it,chemo, rads and 5 yrs on Tamoxifen.