Embrace The Suck
Before delving into my story, a bit about the title. The pastor at my church who is also a Facebook friend is going through radiation treatments right now. He blogs about his daily treatments and just this week talked about how the side effects suck. One of the hashtags he used was #EmbraceTheSuck. He's more than halfway through his 32 treatments, so he's still got a lot of embracing yet to come. Just recently I was diagnosed with breast cancer. A few weeks after my surgery in early May, I, too, will need to learn to #EmbraceTheSuck as I go through radiation treatments. I've gone through all the roller coaster of emotions of getting that diagnosis. My mother's demise was due to breast cancer. So you could say that I am terrified about this diagnosis. My prognosis is much better than hers. First and foremost, her diagnosis was more than three decades ago, and secondly, she did nothing about the lump she had for many months. M...