I will start my saying it has been one heck of ride...Our mom was battling colon & bladder cancer when I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I remember hearing the doctor and just staring at my daughter...we cried together and then I went to talk with my mom and sister. It was the hardest thing to do but I knew I had to be strong...the days that followed went by quickly, had my surgery and had port put in and started my treatments, many days I would sit and wonder if I would make it, I think it is natural to wonder but one morning during my chemo treatment another patient started talking to me about his wife and how she meant the world to him and how upset this whole thing made him mad and upset with God..I made up my mind that day on that chair that cancer was not going to take me from mykids and I promised myself to fight and be strong. Many days I don't know how I would make it home but I did and I am proud to say I am a survivor. Cancer free and living and loving life

Carmen Rivera Crespo
Hoboken, NJ