I think many of us that join Mayo Clinic Connect is to find similarities of our own journey and our own peace with our individual treatment plans.
How each of us deal with our DX is unexpected even to ourselves.
After a year out of surgery, I rarely look back at the 8 rounds of chemo pre surgery, 25 rounds of radiation, and 14 more rounds of preventative chemo (I made 11 rounds).
I never cried once, I choose to only tell my immediate family and worked through my year of courageous treatment that saved my life.
My kids and family were amazing through my treatment we spent so much time living “normal”
My faith and great medical treatments and amazing Doctors took all the weight of any emotion I may have carried.
I feel strong, positive and continue to surprise myself by moving ahead with my “new normal” with the same confidence I always had for myself!
It is ok to be “you” when you meet a challenge that we never knew how we would react.
Courage to all!