When I was waiting in my gown at U of M I met several nice women including a set of twins. One of the twins had just been diagnosed and her sister had come along to support her. I enjoyed talking with them and answering their questions about my experience. I wish I would have gotten their contact info so I could keep in touch. They were planning to dye their hair red the next day and then get it cut short. Another woman waiting there got good results from her mammogram and before she left she wished us all peace. I felt it. Another woman hugged me before she left the room.
A couple of days after my surgery I was in the dollar store in line to check out. The woman in line in front of my tapped my shoulder, pointed to my hat and said “chemo?” Turned out she had been fighting cancer since she was nineteen and developed leukemia. She also had breast cancer and now has a tumor in her brain. She said to stay positive.
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