…During my 3 days in the hospital, the only roommate I had was a very down-to-earth woman who’d survived breast cancer and was in to have her other breast removed, because “she was tired of being lopsided”. Neither of us had any feelings of being “less of a woman” because of missing some body parts…
Federman,Carol & Harvey... Uterine & Lymphoma survivors
But I was lucky, I felt healthy and I could get busy. I got on the web, called all the professionals and friends I knew and gathered the best care giving “team” I could find. That’s how I dealt with the panic and uncertainty. Control what I could and hope I could give up control when I needed to. And I did.
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