Chemo #10 was spent with one of my life long friends Sophie. We played soccer together growing up and have stayed close ever since! Again, I was calling my chemo sessions “coffee dates” because it put a better vibe on the day. I get to spend my day with one of my best friends and get caught up over coffee vs I have to sit in the damn recliner chair for the 10th time and get infused with poison. Well “coffee date” just sounds a hell of a lot better. So coffee date it is. I think half of the battle of getting through cancer treatment is mentality. You can either let chemo take over your life and break you under the stress of poisoning your body OR think of it as a place of healing and killing the cancer before it kills you. Either way, it has got to be done, so might as well be positive about it right?
There is something about getting diagnosed with cancer… “why me?” Is probably the first thing everyone thinks. Well, I now know why… it has made me a stronger, better version of myself. It has made me fear less and love more. To go through a journey like this makes you realize what is important and what is not. I have an entirely new perspective on life and I thank cancer for that.
“You can be a victim of cancer, or a survivor of cancer. It’s a mindset.” – Dave Pelzer
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