I married my childhood love and we have two healthy children, a daughter born in 1980 and a son born in 1985. I suffered three miscarriages in between the children which were totally unrelated to my injuries.
Five years after my sons birth my gynocologist discovered a lump in my left breast, it was malignant. The cancer was also in my lymph nodes, 7 of 12 that were tested. I suffered a recurrance of the breast cancer in 1994 and within 2 years it was in my bones. My oncologist in Hamilton, Ontario asked if I wanted to take part in a clinical trial for a new drug, Herceptin. I agreed and have also made attempts to battle this disease on my own as well by changing my diet to eliminate all forms of estrogen, since I was estrogen positive and I drink Essiac tea nightly to hopefully stop this disease.
My mother died in 1989, 1 and 1/2 years before I was diagnosed with cancer. She was the person who had helped me get back to who I was. She died of a different form of cancer than what I had.
I am on the board of directors of the local head injury association. I have also taken a correspondence course through the mail, one at which I could work at my pace. It was not in the field I would have chosen before my accident.
I figure the Lord has a funny sense of humor and I give all praise to Him, He made me and with His help I shall push forward.
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