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My Family and I have been battling this horrendous disease since 2009, First with Stage 1 Breast Cancer and later starting in 2011 where it had progressed to Stage IV and Metastisized to my Brain, bones, lungs and ovaries.
Fighting Cancer whilst your Husband is away on Charter or stuck in another country is a challenge I wouldn't wish on the worst Barnacle in the crew! But that is what we did. During my initial diagnosis and treatments my Husband was able to be home for care of our daughter during surgeries but would quickly need to return, leaving me in the capable hands of endless supporters. He managed one of my Chemo treatments out of the 3 months as he could only get home for weekends and then spent 7months away when he landed on a Gilligans Island Tour which was supposed to only be 6 weeks... Yachting right!
We wouldn't have survived without him working but we knew we had to make a change when I was hit with Mets and became Stage IV. We were forced to face a hard personal and financial journey.
Cancer is so limited...
It cannot cripple love.
It cannot
shatter hope.
It cannot corrode faith.
It cannot eat away
peace.
It cannot destroy confidence.
It cannot kill
friendship.
It cannot shut out memories.
It cannot silence
courage.
It cannot reduce eternal life.
It cannot quench the Spirit.
Whilst the above poem is meant to be inspirational and moving and sometimes a lifeline, it is also masking the ugly truths about Cancer.
I am not stronger either in Body nor mind, I no longer recognize either of those as being my own (certainly not the me I grew up with) I have deep moments of despair, loss of memory, confidence and courage. An underlying anxiety and veil of stress both physically and financially that does not waver. The blood tests, the PET scans, MRI's, infusions, operations, medications, chemo, radiation, bone infusions, supplements, menopause, weight gain..... They have torn me from who I am, the mother I dreamed of being and the wife my husband deserves.
These are the things Cancer Can do....and We cannot fight them alone. We are asking you to help us reduce these pressures, to provide a cushion of stability for now and the unknown to come. To kick Cancer where it hurts the most...on the ground, in the lives of the patients and families who are affected.
I am 40, I am a Fighter, I have Cancer....
With your help,
Cancer will NOT have ME.
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