By Tamyara Brown
I am not just Breast Cancer. There's more to
me than that I 'm a goddess. I am more than the many days I may feel ill. I am
a warrior I fight even when it seems I can't go on. I do all it all in the name
of being a survivor. I am not just Breast Cancer. I am a diva who's beautiful,
charming and full of grace with or without hair. Watch out now my swagger is
fierce and my smile is bright as the sunrise. With the rain at the end of my
rainbow is a pot of gold.
My
battles are long and struggles are overwhelming. My inner strength gives me
reason to overcome my obstacles that is set before me. My sorrows may rain on
my parade but I always bring beautiful roses to bloom. My battles are long and
struggles are overwhelming. My inner strength gives me a million reasons to go
on. I am Warrior Goddess!
In My Own Words...
If you ask me to
define courageous women and I will point to the thousands of women who is
battling or surviving Breast Cancer. I am a breast cancer survivor who has
reached her fifth year without recurrence of this disease. In 2007, I was
diagnose and went through the battle of being a living testimony of becoming a
Warrior Goddess. I can’t take full credit because it was Lloyd Smith who
encourages me to go to the doctor and get that lump checked out, who cried and
went through my first chemo treatment with me. It was the wonderful support of
doctors, family and friends who took care of me and cheered me on. It was my
daughter’s who made mommy cups of tea and rub my back when I was sick. My sons,
who said, “ Mommy your bald hair is sexy.” It was the retreat with the many
single moms like myself I met with Cancer who I laugh with, talked and watched
without a Trace.
As I write this I
encourage so many of my family, friends and those dear and near to me to Love
yourself-Love your Tatas. Please in this world where we are so busy
with the hustle and bustle of life, I need you to stop to care for yourself. We
as women do have a tendency to forget we need to care for ourselves. We to take
time out to love our Tatas enough to take fifteen minutes to ensure cancer is
not growing in our breasts by doing monthly self breast exam. That we are
healthy to enjoy the fruits of our labor and push on to doing what is best for
our families.
According to
Breast Cancer. Org. In 2010, an estimated 207,090 new cases of invasive breast
cancer were expected to be diagnosed in women in the U.S., along with 54,010
new cases of non-invasive (in situ) breast cancer.
About 39,840 women
in the U.S. were expected to die in 2010 from breast cancer, though death rates
have been decreasing since 1990. These decreases are thought to be the result
of treatment advances, earlier detection through screening, and increased
awareness.
Early Detection
along with monthly self breast exam and yearly mammograms account for why so
many of us are surviving the battle. So I know we get crazy with our day to day
business, ours hands are full being a mommy, sister, wife and best friend. In
order to fulfill those needs I can now take care of the tasks that come before
me healthy and strong. My daughter Alice is always on me about loving my
Tatas-Loving myself and not missing doctor’s appointments.
Being among
Warrior Goddesses who are living with and surviving cancer are the wind beneath
my wings. They’re challenged daily like I was we when we was going through but
so many of us preserve and give the best fight we know how with a huge smile on
face. I realize that if I can survive Breast Cancer then anything that comes my
way is a breeze. So with that said begin to LOVE YOURSELF-LOVE YOUR TATAS!
© 2011 Tamyara Brown- Tamluvstowrite
