It's nice to hear those words out loud... "cured"... because I've always believed I would hear them since I was diagnosed. I always had faith that I was going to be a survivor. However, I know that life will never be the same now. You know the girl who had her arm bit off by a shark? She is always known as just that- the girl who had her arm bit off by a shark. Likewise, I will always be known as "the girl that had cancer." There is no avoiding it, that's the way it will be. It supersedes anything that I was known as before, and will ever be. But, I should be happy to be "that girl" because I am alive, which is living proof that there is always hope.
I will be seeing Dr. West (breast surgeon) on Valentine's Day to see if my skin is ready for implants during spring break (end of March). Fingers crossed!
Sadly, the world lost another angel to brain cancer yesterday. Liz Lord, a fellow Don't Worry Be Happy family member passed away just days after her 28th birthday. Life is strange... I'll never understand it.