Cancer came back into my life twice in order for me to understand something, and I guess I still wasn't getting it. And my husband wasn't getting it, either.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
My cancer allowed me to explore who I really was. Now I feel like a woman who's able to handle whatever life has dealt her.
Cancer is too real, and too awful, and I can't make it good or magical. I couldn't even read a book where a character had cancer, for a while... But now I've reached a point where I don't think about cancer nonstop anymore, and sometimes I worry about that - I'm going to forget what I went through; I'm going to forget how horrible it was.
Cancer has shown me what family is. It showed me a love that I never knew really existed.
Cancer runs in our family. I lost my grandmother to it. There's a saying that you meet people and instantly know them. My grandmother and I had that. The first time my heart was broken was when my grandmother passed away. I was twenty-one.
I never thought of having cancer as something that was unfair. I just braced myself and tried to get through it.
When I found out I had cancer, I just said one thing: 'I want to hold on to life' and that changed everything for me.
Cancer stops you in your tracks. It really makes you think about what's important. In a second, life can change. Don't ever forget to say thank you for love and family. What good is your success without them?
I wish I could never spend another second talking about cancer and all it does to everyone it surrounds, but unfortunately, that cannot be because of my life.
Cancer softened me up. I like the old me better. I liked being angry. It made me feel strong.
When I was diagnosed with cancer, like so many other people, my life changed forever.