Chemo Cocktails
with a Friend
I have a new
friend. Our daughters are in the same
preschool classroom. I met her at the
schools Halloween party, three days before my mastectomy. We are both teachers, so we chatted a bit
about that. She is a few years younger
than me. We had enough in common that
maybe we would become friends. Then
about a month later she sends me a message.
She was talking to the girls’ teacher and it turns out we have way more
in common that I thought. She was just
diagnosed with breast cancer. Although I
barely knew her, it felt like someone punched me in the gut. I felt so sad for her knowing exactly what she was going through. We immediately connected and our stories
continue to be shockingly similar. We
have the same oncologist and radiation oncologist. We have the exact same diagnosis and are
receiving the same treatment. She is
also part of the same clinical trial that I am participating in. She is one month behind me in terms of
diagnosis and treatments. We even have
chemo on the same days! It has been
really nice to have someone else to talk with and share stories with.
Looking
on the Bright Side…the doctors have coordinated our schedules for us so it
makes it easy to get together and chat over (chemo) cocktails, even if we are
hooked up to our big clunky machines.
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