When I was diagnosed with cancer, like so many other people, my life changed forever.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I lost my mom to breast cancer about three years ago, and it has changed me forever.
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 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.
I cried like a baby. When no one could see me or hear me. Not because I feared what cancer would do, but because I didn't want the disease. I wanted my life to be normal, which it could no longer be.
I totally changed my life, changed my lifestyle.
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.
I always tell people I'm grateful for my cancer diagnosis because it was the greatest gift because it completely changed my life. I was able to stop and let my whole life and world just crash over me like a wave. And I stood there and went, 'Wow.' And for the first time, I stopped everything. I had to.
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.
Now I'm fighting cancer, everybody knows that. People ask me all the time about how you go through your life and how's your day, and nothing is changed for me.
My cancer scare changed my life. I'm grateful for every new, healthy day I have. It has helped me prioritize my life.