In the world of BRCA mutants there is a little thing called "The All Done Club"
I am now happily a member.
It means you have decided to have surgery to prevent dying from hereditary breast and ovarian cancers by having your Ovaries, Fallopian Tubes and Breasts removed.
Once your surgeries are finished you are "All Done"
None of that is easy on the best of days.
I made a few detours on my way to the all done club by being diagnosed with stage 1 fallopian tube cancer. So being "All Done" almost had a whole other meaning.
As in DONE.
Not going to lie, that haunts me and will continue to haunt me everyday.
But the best part of the "All Done Club"
is just that...I am finished with all this cancer business and ready to move on with my life after 2 years worth of detours and frankly, huge personal growth.
I am not the person I used to be.
Cancer has aged me. I'll admit it. I don't take my life for granted anymore. I'm just happy to be here!
I am still recovering from diep flap surgery. I hit a little detour there as well. I developed a hematoma on one breast. But it is resolving nicely, just not as quickly as I'd like.
I'm also looking at my first mother's day without my mom.
Geez, I can't even type that without tearing up.
I guess it's all just part of the journey
