Survivorship
I was pretty pissed off at the universe for a while, cause, really, haven't I been dealt more than my fair share of life's hard balls in my short time here on earth? And it's weird to think about being a "survivor" as it relates to cancer, cause I've been surviving all my life and never got much credit for it... but I'm glad now that I was able to face this while I'm still relatively young, and just after reaching new heights of healthiness on all realms. If there is ever a best time to be battling cancer, that time, for me, was now. It may sound strange, but I appreciate experiencing this breast cancer journey while having the ability to tap into my inherent resources, and use the tools and strength I've developed thus far to throw everything I had at it and lay the ground work for keeping myself cancer free . I guess the main difference in cancer survivorship vs surviving the rest of my trials is that they were all either self-induced or caused by outside forces... I didn't have much control over whether I developed cancer or not, but I sure did get it gone and intend to continuing doing everything I can to keep it from coming back.