VIEWPOINT ~~ Cancer (here we go again) - celebrate life

I can do everything through Him who gives me strength. Philippians 4:13I felt a lump on the right side of my breast while rubbing lotion on my body after a shower in January 1995. I thought it probably was my imagination, but just in case, I took a cold shower, then another hot one and even did a 30-minute aerobic workout, but that lump simply did not go away. I sat on the side of my bed for a while, took a deep breath and somehow found the courage to telephone my doctor's office and start the processes that would save my life. Dressed and went to work.It seemed overnight I was recovering, barely healed, from one surgery to another. The chemo and radiation therapies were scheduled back to back. I trusted my health care providers, the prescribed treatment and my own resilience, but I hurt a lot and did not like this at all.At the time, I worked, maintained a large home, underwent therapies and managed cancer-related billing, health records and insurance matters since my husband worked out of town four days a week.


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