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Was at my yearly Oncology appointment my Doctor came in and said " Happy 20th anniversary you been cancer free for 20 years. If it hasn't come back by now it never will you are in the clear." That got me thinking about my life before cancer I like to call it BC. Before my diagnosis I was a product of my raising I grew up out in the country with Rednecks, Hicks, and Hillbilly's. ( I don't mean any of that in a derogatory way just what we was) So I was a hateful racist little shit I believed in stay in your own race, back with blacks, whites with whites, baptist with baptist if you was gay you are going to burn in hell. I was programmed and indoctrinated in southern baptist church. I had no problem letting it known. Then I got my diagnosis.
I was at the ripe old age of 20 when I was diagnosed I was stage 4 Leukemia. I had 2 choices take chemo or refuse if I refuse make my funeral arrangement I would be dead with in a year. There was one spot they called the sweet spot it was a recliner at the corner of the injection room it faced the city. One day I came in for my treatments one of the nurses said hurry up the sweet spot is open. So here I am facing the city a beautiful view of the city I might add. I was watching my chemo drip and I had an epiphany. I stared thinking of all the hate I put out and thinking. Everyone in this city is lout their living their life here I was not even 21 and my life was hanging on one slow drip at a time. I realized how stupid I had been and I was going to turn my life around. That is when I felt all the hate leave me I became accepting of everyone and of everything. If you would told my teenage self that my BFF will be a lesbian Mexican and I would be the best man in her wedding and be as close as siblings I would have laffed in your face. When it comes to religion I am non denominational I believe all religion is got some truth to it. That church should be used as a place to hear some inspirational stories so you can recharge and be able to face the world. So cancer changed me for the better.
God love you! 20 years cancer-free! Wow! Big kiss 😚
Brandie.
Congratulations...
when we go through bad times, people say "take one day at a time"....
20 years is a LOT of days!!!...its a wonderful anniversary 🍾🍾🍾.
Grace xx
Congratulations Brandie, wishing you a happy and long life.
Marti x
Hi Brandie,
Congratulations for 20 years!
- Robyn
Congratulations Brandie on reaching this wonderful milestone!
Wishing you many more years to come.
Love and hugs, Stephanie
Sometimes it takes a slap in the face from life to see whats important and its usually not what we were taught or thought was so important. Congratulations on being a cancer survivor. We are in the same club.
Hi Brandie,
Congratulations on 20 years!
Alice
Thank you all, when I went out as Supergirl I 3d printed me an cancer awareness ribbon and pinned it to my Supergirl costume.
Congratulations Brandie on being 20 years Cancer free. I am waiting on my first report of being Cancer free. My Cancer was hopefully removed with Radiation.
Kathleen xxxxx
Brandie thank you for sharing that story! Congratulations on winning your battle and a happy 20th anniversary - with many more to come I hope. It certainly was a very dark cloud you went through, but with a bright silver lining to it! 🙂
Stevie
Hi Brandie, what a powerful story of hope and change! I also grew up in a church full of thou shalt not rules and severe lack of tolerance. It took me about 30 adult years to totally break free from that and learn to love people where they are, which is really what we should have been taught all along. I also am 26 years cancer-free - prostate - with surgery 3 weeks before I turned 40!
I would love to chat more; if you want, please msg me or send a friend request.
Hugs!
Brielle 💋
Brandie, I had Stage 2 Prostate Cancer. I ended my Radiation treatment on August 18th and sometime within the next couple of weeks I have to take another PSA test which will determine if I still have any Cancer in me, but my doctor feels that the Cancer is gone. Keeping my fingers and everything else crossed.
Kathleen xxxxx
Congratulations, Brandie!
