Nancy

Thank God for chemo drugs. Thank God for Adriamycin and Cytogen and Taxol. Thank God for Herceptin. Thank God for all the crazy drugs they give you to combat side effects like Emend and Decadron - they each have their own side effects!
Breast cancer doesn't hurt. There is no pain to wish gone, no injury to hope to recover from. No anticipated surgery that will fix everything and make you whole again. Breast cancer patients are already whole, for the most part. So, to make yourself sick and expose your body to poisons and debilitation seems so wrong! But, to live, treatment is the only choice. So, thank God for the drugs, every damn one of them. Working in healthcare, it's so easy to be a bit cynical about drug companies but thank God for them, too. And thank God for all the researchers and doctors and medical professionals and hospitals and universites who spent so much effort and time in developing and testing the drugs. Thank God for every last participant in every damn Race for the Cure that ever was! And thank God for Susan Komen, who died after her battle with breast cancer 30 years ago. Last but never least, thank God for Susan's wonderful sister who started the worldwide breast cancer awareness movement in memory of Susan. Susan's sister's name? NANCY - just like my wonderful sis!  But my Nancy won't lose me because of everthing that's been done in the last 30 years. Thank God!