Breast Cancer Survivor
Sheryl's Story
I thought at my age, I was going to recover quickly; they said it takes six weeks to recover from radiation, so I thought, 'Okay, good, I’ll just be back to work at the end of those six weeks.
So I went back to work and, you know what?
You get sliced, diced, and radiated... you don’t bounce back as quickly. It doesn’t matter which age you are.
I felt just as lost as everybody else.
There’s a lot of literature being handed out, and it’s possible I could have missed something. But I was not in the position to do it - I mean, I have a medical background that makes it easier for me to read - but I’m stressed out, I’m over tired, I have a dozen decisions to make, and then I’m in chemo and my brain is poached - and when my brain isn't poached, I want my time to be with my family and doing activities that will make my life valuable. That in itself says something.
So how do you figure out what you’ll need to support yourself? I think that’s the element we’re missing.
And that’s where the idea of the Cancer Wellness Day and website came from.
