/sərˈvīvər/
noun
a person who survives, especially a person remaining alive after an event in which others have died.
I often wonder where I am on the cancer classification ladder. I really don't feel like I hold the status of survivor---yet.
At Wal-Mart a few days past, I was thankful to have less than 20 items so that I could go through the tobacco purchasing line. Not sure about your Wal-Mart, but ours can have 23 people waiting in one line and they still refuse to open another register. ANYWAY...As I stood there in my baseball hat, unloading my cart, the cashier smiled and asked, "If you don't mind me asking, are you a cancer survivor?" My response, "Yes...Well working on it."
She told me how she would be sending prayers up for me and I thanked her. Then, I had to hear the story. The story of her so & so who died of cancer a few years ago.
I'm not going to lie, Cancer sucks! It not only robs you of your right here, right now life. It also takes it from your kids, husband and family. Our summer has became renamed as the Summer of Chemo. Our life right now revolves around my treatments and doctor appts. I still have 10 weeks of chemo left. That means that afterLabor Day, I should be DONE. Not completely done, but done with part one. Then comes Fall.....The Fall of surgery, recovery and radiation.
I realize everyday that this is just a journey. A journey to get to the state status of survivor. Not going to lie.....Wish I wasn't chosen for this journey.
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