CHAYA'S CANCER ODYSSEY

SHALOM !



THIS IS MY ENTRY TO A WORLD I HAD NOT INTEREST IN BEING IN. I DO NOT WISH TO BE PART OF ANY CANCER GROUP. I AM NOT INTERESTED OR LOOKING FOR GROUP AFFILIATIONS, TO BE PART OF A GROUP OF WOMEN WHO HAVE WHAT WE ALL DREAD AND ONLY ASSOCIATE WITH OTHERS. OTHERS WAY OUT THERE!



BUT AFTER TOTAL SHOCK AND DISBELIEF, REPULSION AND ANGER, FIGHTING THE FACTS EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, AFTER SOME SHEDDING OF TEARS, AND INDIGNATION AT THE INSULT OF HAVING A TUMOR INSIDE OF MY BREAST, I HAVE HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO ACCEPT IT. I, WHO ALWAYS TAKE YEARLY MAMMOGRAMS FAITHFULLY, WHO ALSO GET CHECKED YEARLY BY A GYNOCOLOGIST, SHOULD SUDDENLY, WITH NO WARNING, GET TOLD THAT THERE IS THIS EVIL GUSH GROWING INSIDE OF ME.



THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF MY ODYSSEY. I AM NOT WRITING TO PARADE IT IN FRONT OF YOU READERS, BUT FOR MYSELF, FOR MY GRANDAUGHTERS, TO HOPEFULLY HELP IN SOME WAY OTHERS WHO ARE GROPING AS I AM TO DEAL WITH THIS WHILE SUPPOSEDLY STILL LEADING 'REGULAR' LIVES, WORKING, TEACHING, LOVING, SHOPPING, TENDING TO OTHERS.