BreastCancerAwareness.com Blog

Wow when my grandmother announced she was losing a breast to this disease, all we could do was pray and reassure her she will always remain the same to us!. Well saying it to her and actually having her believe was another thing. It struck a painful chord in the women of our family, maybe even frightened some into the realities of what could come in our lives. However with the unflinching strength of my Grandma she went in and came out like Wonderwoman, nothing ever seems to phase that god-fearing woman. Her faith in him is so undeniably strong you couldnt even believe she even went through something like that. I know i have always been health conscious but this only made me more conscious of my mounds i try so hard not to complain about. You see the fight in every one who is battling this disease, you see the warrior shining through those shiny eyes, you see the fight and you see what is to come when you are in the presence of a survivor!

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As I sit here thinking about the past two and a half years I allow my mind to wander and the thoughts about this terrible disease called breast cancer have taught me so many things. Ihave found friends in people I never even knew existed, I have cried in the comapny of total strangers and I have hidden from those whom love me the pain that consumes me. I just got out of my final surgery the countdown began Wed the 23rd of April finally after 2 and a half years I was getting my nipples, the finality of it all was overwhelming, for the first time I was truly afraid, of the pain I did not want them to hurt me anymore, I wanted to close the door and do anything other then think about the pain I was going to endure again. I've had 14 surgical procedures and the 15th wasn't making it any easier, But a funny thing happened I awoke feeling as though I had finally beat the ugly cancer demon and this was not going to be a depression any more. Although I will spend my remaining journey of life on morphine I have control over the pain and I have friends and family that are always there. For that I amm forever grateful, my life at 46 will no longer be that of a working woman, or corporate lunches, or trips with friends. But it will be what I make of it and I can tell you the best cup of coffee is with a friend that stops by unexpected and my children who call for no reason, my life reverts around my home and while I am no longer the young active, crazy do anything woman I used to be I am still me. And that woman I have become is beautiful, funny, and full of life. God didn't let the cancer take me and for that I get my two beautiful granddaughters, unexpected company, long phone calls and an occasional outing with the people who are closest to my heart, I am humble and awakened each month I visit the Oncologist and see the many phases that cancer prevails itself in the womwn who come in without hair, without breast, without a friend on their side, and without faith. It is for you sisters that I pray that God gives you strength, courage and support in your journey. 'LIVE LIKE YOU WERE DYING, LOVE LIKE THERES NO TOMMOROW, AND LAUGH SO THATS ALL THEY REMEMBER"

There have been so many people on this journey,
And yet I felt so alone,
The words of cancer spoken,
welcomed me to a world of medicine unknown,
I scream inside its not me your wrong,
My friends and Family insist I am strong,
The team of Doctors must be addressed
The chaplain arrives upon request,
I never knew that September morn,
Wonderful friendships were being born
Shannon and Scheele I leaned on hard,
Two years later I'm still on guard,
Dr Tillman with her skilled hands,
Two new breast and we look grand,
God gives us things we can't understand,
The tears the laughter and uncertainty,
Brought about learning my doctors and me,
I'm not sure why I was chosen,
But God had a plan my life was frozen,
I can tell you lookin back that,
Its my belief this cancer track,
will keep me living strong,
believing it was Gods plan all along.
And as I thank him aloud each night,
I pray for you my cancer sisters,
That you too will be alright,
For it may not be the tears you cry,
asking God why oh why,
when you think that he has forgotten,
remember the hands that he has broughton,
the hands of surgeons skilled just right,
the Oncology nurse who hugs you tight,
the friendship and kindness are all around,
Its the Oncologists God has found,
To comfort and hold you when your down,
To bring understanding to something so profound
God is here for you and me,
look around its the Oncolgy team.

I wrote this as a way of saying thank you for being with me on this journey. Its been long and at times hard but you played such an important part in my recovery and at times my uncertainty made me a real pain in the...I know you will continue to be a huge part of my life,and I wanted you to know how much I apprecite what you do everyday for me and the other girls..your awesome and I truly thank God that your in my life and on my team. Thanks and God Bless us all...Donna Jenkins Croft
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i was really dissapointed to hear a couple of months ago that my grandmother had been diagnosed with breast cancer and before that my grandfather had been diagnosed with leukemia i saw in my local tenovous that this is breast cancer awareness month and on the 25th of october my school is having a day that everyone wears there own clothes and pay about a pound to do it there are fve hundred students in our school and we should raise a lot of money me and my best friend are working alongsdide the school to hekp arrange something on the day my friend and i are getting t-shirts designed for the day and my sister is going to work in a pink tu tu to raise some money.I would really like some ideas for the day to raise more money our school love raising money and we should raise a bit. so thank you for any ideas!!