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Happy Cancerversary

Two years ago today, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I remember it like it was yesterday - taking the call from my OB-GYN, the deep sorrow in his voice, the tears that came instantly and wouldn't stop, reaching for my four-month-old baby and holding him while I wept. I remember the shock, the fear, the frustration, the sense of injustice, the sadness. I remember it all with the utmost clarity, but today I feel only happiness that I made it through. It's too soon to say that I've beaten cancer, and in fact it will always be too soon to say that - there is no milestone at which I can be sure that it won't recur. That possibility will be with me for the rest of my life, however long or short it might be. But I believe that I gave myself the strongest possible chance, and I am now well on the other side of the fight. All I can do now is live the best life that I can. That tiny baby whose downy little head once was wet with my tears is now a boy, full of his own thoughts...