The Pink Puzzle

When one is diagnosed with Breast Cancer one really has no clue how many things the Breast Cancer will take with it.  Guess what it’s not just your boobs that the Breast Cancer takes,  it is so much more than that.  I wish it was cut and dry the loosing your boobies thing, (no pun intended)  but it is not.  When the treatments and the surgeries are over and you are starting to get your life back again that is when it hits you!    Wait a minute everything has changed, relationships, lack of energy, kids, work, the way you look at yourself in the mirror, the way people look at you, all of it.   How does a girl get her life back after all of this?  The truth of the matter is it is not easy.  I wish I was lying to you but I am not.  I have found there is no quick cure for the disruption of our lives, no pill, no injections and no surgery to fix this one,  sorry ladies this will be old fashioned hard work on your part.  To reclaim your life  is up to you, period.  I want to warn you right now once you start reclaiming your life back it is hard to stop because each little piece belongs to one big puzzle and we want so badly for our puzzle to be complete again and fast.  The Breast Cancer is over, isn’t it? “NOT”!  Start small, take time for meditation, time at the gym, get your hair done, whatever it takes to make you feel good do it.  The biggest piece of advice I can give you is to learn to tell others “NO”!  Not so easy that one.   I piss people off left and right now, (only fair to say that I pissed people off before Breast Cancer too),  however now there are just more of them.  There will be people or situations in your life that no longer fit the puzzle, this is normal ladies.  Stop beating yourself up about it, pick yourself up off the floor, peel yourself up off the floor if necessary, do whatever it takes.  You now know the importance of time and how very precious it is, you have been given a second chance, use it.  And one more thing, don’t think twice about saying “NO”!