Day 7
Today’s Takeaway: My body is a medical marvel!
My Miracle Boys - Ben & Luke ❤️
In July of 2012 I was diagnosed with Stage 2 Ovarian cancer. I was 29. I had an 8lb tumor on my left ovary and a 2lb tumor on my right ovary.
No, you read that right. That’s 10LBS of tumor!
As the course of treatment I had a few surgeries. I lost my left ovary and fallopian tube, as well as, my appendix, a very small piece of my colon and the lymph nodes on my left side. The doctors removed as much of the tumor as they could on the right ovary, but in order to try and preserve any chance of fertility, they had to leave a small portion of the tumor in. They assured me it was an extremely slow-growing cancer and with close monitoring it shouldn’t pose a problem. Which it didn’t for the last 9 years…
Today and tomorrow I’m undergoing a series of tests and scans to determine if it’s back. Both ovarian and breast growths were discovered in my most recent check-ups. (This is the “medical necessity” part I was talking about in my 1st post.)
Let me be clear, we don’t know anything yet. For all we know they could both be cysts and my husband and I will crack open a bottle of champagne this weekend to celebrate. But it could also be something, and I would be lying to myself, and anyone sharing in this journey, if I said I wasn’t scared.
However, I’ve ALWAYS been a positive person. Trying to find the silver lining in the shittiest circumstances. In this situation it’s reigniting that profound pride in this incredible, strong, bad-ass body I get the privilege to inhabit. Not only did it kick cancer’s ass for YEARS before the tumors were even discovered, when I was told I had no shot at having kids, my body said “F#%k that nonsense!” and I carried to term, not one, but two, miracle babies with ZERO medical intervention!
I’m a f&$king super hero! 🦹
So for my takeaway today I want to remind people of their strength. The world has been rough on the human race these last few years. Our bodies are tired and burnt out…but we did that! We lived through a global pandemic, and we’re still living through it. Every one of you dug down into the deepest depths of your soul and found the strength! Most of you probably got Covid, you definitely lost loved ones, some of you saw the darkest times of your life, but…you kept - f%^king - going!
Never forget what you’ve been through! Despite how you might feel sometimes, how you might let the darkness in…Never forget that you’re a super hero too! 🦹🦸♂️
I’m going to go ahead and take my own advice right into that MRI tonight. 😂 💪🍀🤞🏻
