Phillygirl
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 Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:53 am Post subject: Breast Cancer, Lymphedema and Addiction |
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It took me a long time to be able to write about the year I had my cancer and it's aftermath, but this week something happened and I sat down and this story just flowed out of me. I hope It offers hope to others with the same problems.
In February, 1996, at age 44, I decided my life had become unmanageable, and joined Alcoholics Anonymous. Helpful members advised me to get a physical just to check on what, if any, damage I had done to my body in the previous 25 years. Well, my liver survived as well as could be expected but, at 40 days sober, they told me I had a lump in my left breast. Now, I had just "turned my will and my life over to the care of God," so this seemed like a really mean practical joke. But, I did what I was told, and went to a meeting that night, eagerly seeking out another woman with whom to share my tale of woe. Well, God had another practical joke in store for me -- not one woman showed up. The person who had dropped me off was gone, so I couldn't leave. I was in a room with over 40 men. I went to pieces, sobbing and hiding in the back, until the chairperson noticed and said, "I think that girl back there has something she needs to share." Well, it turned out all right, the men were wonderful, if not entirely comfortable with the whole thing.
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http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/891557/cancer_side_effects_of_treatment_and.html?cat=5 |
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