Living Proof is a movie based on how the drug that is saving my life, Herceptin, was created and the fabulous Dr. Slamon who pushed boundaries in thinking outside the box to find something that could possibly cure breast cancer, as he was tired of seeing women go through chemo, surgery and radiation and still dying. He thought "there has to be a better way" and he did it. He found the better way. He fought 12 years to get this drug, into a clinical trial and to get the FDA to approve it. He had amazing people helping him and an amazing wife who supported him. This movie hit home, as one of the first test subjects, was a woman who was 28, postpartum with her 2nd child when diagnosed stage 4 breast cancer. This could have been me. Easily, had I waited another month to be seen, it would have been me. Because of her and the other women who took a leap of faith to try this, I am here and I have no cancer active in my body. The stem cells are still there, but they have been shut off. She sadly did not qualify for the clinical trials but that ONE shot, gave her 2 extra years with her boys. Which I know meant the world to her, as it would to me. Through this whole process, I just want more time with them, I want them to remember me, for me to have some influence on their lives. I have time now, thanks to those women and that doctor.
Today I just found out one of my friends who has fought cancer, with such grace and positivity, lost her battle yesterday. The world will definitely feel the loss of her. She was such a fiery, positive, bright light!
I hope I can continue to shine brightly for all of these amazing people who came before me, for those who won and those who lost their battles. I will keep fighting and keep trying to be a light of good in a world full of darkness!
#fightinglikeagirl
#wegotthis
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