National Cancer Survivor Day
The first Sunday in June is National Cancer Survivor da y. According to the website it "is a CELEBRATION for those who have survived, an INSPIRATION for those recently diagnosed, a gathering of SUPPORT for families, and an OUTREACH to the community." There are great inspirational signs all over MD Anderson. You are a survivor the day you are diagnosed. I can absolutely say that you are not just surviving cancer but surviving treatment. And we started treatment March 1 - so we have been at this for three months. And I feel pretty damn good as a survivor. Sunday, June 2nd marks 9 chemo treatments complete (more if you count the 7 spinal treatments) - a brutal pace for the three months. That's 46 days in the hospital - 46 days and that is not easy. But it is working - remission after the second chemo. 9 out of 11 - that seemed so out of reach a month ago and yet here we are. Survival. But there are 2 more to go. 21 more days...