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Life after Loss: Breast Cancer and my Rainbow Baby
My hope in sharing my story is to offer encouragement and remind others that we can get through the hardest of days.
May 30, 2021
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My hope in sharing my story is to offer encouragement and remind others that we can get through the hardest of days.
I sat in her office completely caught off guard by the fact that she had scheduled an oophorectomy without any discussion. In fact, when I started treatment, no one ever mentioned any fertility options to me.
After lots of grounding and affirming, I had to fix my crown and remember who I am and whose I am!
Breast cancer literally and figuratively cut me down and built me up. It forced me to see the “real” directly in front of my eyes, not the things my mind made up for me to see.
I share my story because I want others going through to feel seen. There is so much power in sharing your story; it not only helps you heal, but it empowers others to do the same.
We need to knock and kick down every door possible to let politicians know that this is unacceptable. Money does not need to be spent on making people aware of cancer – we do not need sunglasses and pop sockets and hats and pins.
We need research that produces real results!
All of the losses I already endured throughout my life prepared me for what I had to face.
Breast Cancer survivor, Marquita Goodluck shares how diagnosis and treatment changed her approach to life.
IBC is real and it doesn’t always appear like a typical breast cancer diagnosis. Pain, swelling, discoloration, change in appearance are all a part of IBC. If any doctor tells you that breast cancer doesn’t hurt, that’s a lie.
I wasn’t quite sure of what that really meant because somehow I always thought love was supposed to come from somewhere or somebody else. But during my treatments, I came to realize I could love myself more. I could love the me that was hairless, weak and scared just as much as I could love the me who is fierce, strong and driven.
