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at I need to be in
I have learned th
e
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control of my life.
ow
nals, I need to kn
trained professio
I will put together
what's going on.
ch
n, and I will resear
the best team I ca
ill only allow the
within reason. I w
e.
small part of my lif
cancer to have a
er.
ncer to take me ov
I will not allow ca
O n Su p p O r t:
pport matters. I am
People matter. Su
tic
so many therapeu
blessed to have
ort
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people in my life.
n
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w
I was at Publix
wherever we can.
pink ribbons they
I mentioned the
so a
ld me she was al
sell. A cashier to
er.
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breast cancer su
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th doing the Ra
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few weeks.
for the Cure in a
g e m O ti O n :
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ing feelings on
Sometimes keep
is necessary, but
the back burner
ve to come out. I
eventually they ha
le
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found that in writ
elings with the
to connect the fe
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d myself crying no
experiences. I fin
fore.
when I hadn't be

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in tO p e r Sp e
cancer as a
I now think of my
at has to be
chronic illness th
longer a
monitored. It's no
big event.

O f li fe :
O n th e g if t
ery day is a gift
We know that ev
y the words and
but it's easy to sa
in the present.
hard to really live
here and now
Focusing on the
takes a lot of
is something that
practice for me.
th e St O r y:
O n Sh a r in g
others helps. I
Reaching out to
story. I hope that
want to share my
comforted. I told
someone can be
is
at I was writing th
my oncologist th
one really cared
but I felt that no
y is small and
because the stor
't have a double
lacks drama. I didn
emotherapy. No
mastectomy or ch
k God, no death.
divorce, and than
t
e that it was grea
She reminded m
all, and that
that my story is sm
g
hope from readin
others could get
.
for a signed copy
it. She asked me

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