Today did not begin as one of the grandest days, as I felt sick all day from the amount of pain I was in on my left side. I pushed through the day with a semi-smile on my face working my 8 hour shift. I am blessed to be in the position that I am at Florida Hospital, surrounded by people supporting me through this journey and keeping my mind off of the negatives with laughter and bagels.
After work, I came home to anxiously await 7:00, as the polls were closing in Seminole County. See, I worked with my neighbor, Sandi Solomon, on her political campaign to keep her seat as Casselberry City Commissioner, Seat 3. Sandi has put her heart and soul into this city, already being a commissioner for 8 years, and I am happy to announce that she will be serving 4 more! Congratulations, Mrs.Sandi!
Sandi's campaign was the first political campaign I had ever assisted in, so being there to hear the news of her winning, regardless of pain, was something I had to do. Seeing her face as she received the phone call to congratulate her is something I will never forget!
When I went to Mrs. Sandi's house to hear the results of the election. I thought I would pop in, give some hugs, and come home back to my bed. Instead, I ran into a woman whom may never know how much she genuinely touched my heart and lifted my spirits.
This particular woman had uterine cancer and has been cancer free for exactly one year! Amazing, I know. She explained all kinds of things to me in her wisdom of this process, but one thing stuck out the most. I asked if she was familiar with the BRCA gene mutation and her response was "Oh yes, I have sat there through the chemo treatments next to women who wish they would have gotten the preventative surgery, but opted not to do so."
I am not going to even begin to try to explain all of the emotions that I felt when she said that to me. I will never be one of those women. It is the most empowering, humbling, happy, overwhelming, ect. feeling to know that I will not be one of those women sitting there receiving chemo treatments for breast cancer because I made this decision. At 24 years young, I decided to fight back against cancer and not even give that sucker a chance. I saved my own life.
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