It starts with those 3 words. Those 3 crazy, incomprehensible words that turn your world upside down and forever redefine who you are. "You have cancer."
In my case, Hodgkin's Lymphoma. Stage 3A to be exact. I knew it before the call came; family history and lumps like golf balls above my collar bones made it pretty obvious. But even so, that call made me go hollow inside.
I read somewhere that you become a survivor the moment you are diagnosed with cancer. You may not recognize it then and there, but it happens. Something shifts inside you. For me, "survivor", with all the fear and promise that the word entails, is now and forever a part of who I am.
This is my story of surviving and thriving. It's my story of growth. But more than anything, it's my story of hope.
my quest to participate in the Nike Women's Half Marathon in San Francisco.
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