Amy's Cancer Story

I am home now from chemo. I do not feel too bad. I am surprisingly awake with more energy than I thought. The weekend after chemo for me really drags. I sleep a lot.

A woman did sit down with me towards the end. She had breast cancer too. She just found and was there for a treatment for a blood disorder she has had for the last 7 years. Her white blood cells are eating her red blood cells. So now she found that out she has cancer among other difficult challenges recently in her life. She also told me that the bones in her arms and legs ache. The doctors are giving her all kinds of tests to see if the cancer has spread as they suspect. She admitted waiting too long to see a doctor after suspecting something was wrong. She was sleeping when I left. She had a wonderful friend there with her. The friend was organizing all her tests and making sure she got to them.