Hey guys! Today I got to go to
the Susan G Komen Race for the Cure. Garrett and I try to go to this
race every year. We really enjoy it because there are so many inspiring
men and women who walk. I almost get brought to tears when a survivor
completes the 5k. People cheer even louder and they are embraced with a
metal and a pink carnation flower. It is such a heart warming and eye
opening experience.
Last
years race was the first one I waited at the 5k. The first time I got to
hear what the survivors say when they completed and I will never forget
what one woman said,"That was harder then beating cancer." People
laughed but she had this look of accomplishment and honor in finishing
the 5k. It was a huge accomplishment, not many people can do that.
Including yours truly. Women like that give me a sense of hope and
desire to become a better woman.
A
few years back my grandmother passed away of cancer. She started off
with breast cancer which moved on to her bones and lungs and the list
goes on. She was blessed to have dementia were she didn't remember what
she was going threw. She had an amazing attitude when you reminded her
and she would never let you know she was hurting. She didn't do chemo
because she knew what it would do to her and she was very satisfied
with the life she had lived. The doctors gave her two months but she
lived for two years.
I
look back at that and wonder what I would do if I were in that
situation. I did have a scare my senior year of high school. I had been
having a lot of troubles with my skin and hair for a long time. They
found I had a huge hormone imbalance and found a tumor the size of a
golf ball inside my ovary. It was the nasty tumor with teeth an hair
inside. Gross, I know! Any ways they didn't know until they removed it,
if it was cancerous or not. It happened so fast from finding it and
having the surgery. I do remember that I had excepted that I had cancer
before the surgery. I had come to terms with the possibility of my life
ending sooner then I originally thought. At least I thought I had and I
guess looking back I still didn't understand. But as soon as I woke up
my doctor was standing there waiting for me. She told me it was benign.
At that moment it finally hit me that I could have had cancer. I know
this isn't the equivalent to actually having cancer but I feel like a
lot of people have had this experience. Lets face it we all know someone
who knows someone with cancer.Its become such a norm.
Back
to what I would do if I had cancer. I would like to say I would do
chemo but part of me wonders would I be able to survive chemo. You hear
so many stories about so many people with so many different situations. I
just don't know. I would hope I would be strong for Garrett and my
family. I would hope I could beat it and complete the 5k at the Susan G
Komen Race. I have a HUGE respect for every cancer survivor as well as
people going the cancer. It takes a very strong person to deal with
that. I believe God would never bestow that burden on someone who
couldn't handle it. Everything happens for a reason and I think it is
very hard for people to realize that when a loved one or them themselves
has cancer. I pray for those who have cancer and those who have lost
someone to cancer. I am going to leave you guys with a few words that I
keep on my phones home screen as words of encouragement. These words
have helped me threw some things and I think it could help you.
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