1 year ago

Well its been 1 year (+ 1 day) since I was diagnosed.  It has definitely NOT seemed like a whole year.  June 14th, 2011 was the day that changed everything.  Boy, have I been through a lot since then.

Heres the rundown.....

1 biopsy
 - recovery, scar #1
1 port surgery
 - recovery, scar #2
8 rounds of chemo
 - side effects, nausea, hair loss, neurapathy, ect.
2 lumpectomy surgeries + 2 lymph node dissections
 - recovery, numbness, scar #3
34 radiation treatments
 - burning, peeling, itching
mammograms
MRIs
doctors appointments.....
doctors appointments.....
doctors appointments
now on Tamoxifen for the next 5 years
 - luckily, so far so good : )

Through all of that I can say that I made it out the other side still smiling.  I don't think too many people can say they would have handled my situation as well as I did.  I have said from the beginning that breast cancer is just something else that I had to deal with, and thats exactly what I did - I dealt with it, and overcame it!  I still have appointments and such, but nothing major till October.  The summer should be pretty "normal".

Yay me!