I have always been very active and athletic. I'm a fitness and gymnastics instructor and I strive to have a healthy life style. Still, on December 1, 2005 I received the news that I had Stage II Breast Cancer. My immediate thoughts went to my daughters who will take care of them? who will be there for them after school, homework, boyfriends, college and so forth...? The doctor was telling me all of these things that i need it to do and I just couldn't focus. After a while in the parking lot, I cried, cursed, screammed, and then little by little remember that I need it to do WHATEVER IT WAS to be here for my daughters. A mastectomy, 12 rounds of heavy chemo, breast recostruction, an amazing team of doctors, and 4 years later I can tell you what I learned from this:
1. Never, ever give up. YOU fight with everything and anything you can...we are women strong, beautiful and fabulous
2. Keep the faith...it goes a long way especially when you cannot keep anything down or you just feel exhausted or when you don't see the end to this crazy ordeal
3. Bold is beautiful...and very practical..you never have a bad hair day..plus the amount of money that you save in waxing is crazy!
4.Stick to your routine: I kept teaching dancing, aerobics, and gymnastics as always and that make me feel powerful...besides I got to receive so much love from my students and especially from my ladies at the gym..that I would not change for anything!
5.Don't hide; become a voice, empower others to take charge of their body and their life
6.My daughters became my power and strenght, they are my light, and the reason to live...Now I'm a survivor...for them :)
Laredo, TX
