My story......My story ten years ago I lost my brother to cancer. Two weeks later my mom was told I was most likely not going to live through the night as my bowels had ruptured and I was septic and on a respirator. Well I made it 6 weeks in hospital and two years to get better. I went back to school at age 45 i did it. That was 2009 I became a nurse. Then 2011 I found a lump in my right breast - stage 2. I wondered why back then did my brother die and not me? but I know realize it's for me to be able to give back through life experience. I am now a palliative care resource nurse. I love my job and understand the little green guy sitting on my shoulder wondering if it will come back. Not only am I there for my clients but they are for me. xxx be strong fight like a girl
That's the good oft story. The bad is my ex moved in with my brothers widow. I ended up with a blood clot to my lungs and a colostomy on the left the half a breast on the right and already overweight an extra fifty pounds thanks to tamoxifen. But I have survived ten years this way, still have my home, now a nurse and not gonna let my weight stop me or cancer. This group is amazing in knowing none of is are alone. We all have a story that makes us strong and who we are.
oakville, Canada
