The Fight Begins

I am 34 years old, I have 3 children ages 6, 4 and 1, and I have stage 4 breast cancer. This is my first diagnosis - I never had a round with "breast cancer only". It has metastasized to my bones, which I am told is favorable to other possible locations like lungs or liver. My mother had breast cancer for 14 years that was metastasized to her liver for the last 8 years. She passed away in September, 2 weeks before my own journey with cancer began. After a month of tests and doctor visits and receiving bad news after bad news, I finally am starting Taxol treatments. I am just at the beginning of my fight.

But I feel compelled to record my journey. Right after we got the "Stage 4" news, my husband found this blog http://michigoose-longtermbcsurvivor.blogspot.com/ of a lady who has lived with breast cancer in her bones for 14 years and is still going. She was diagnosed at age 34 when her daughter was only 2. She is an inspiration to me. I have every intention of living to raise my children into their adulthood. In fact I have every intention of being around when my grandchildren are born. Since I am following in my mother's footsteps, I intend to live to the same age she did which was 61. So why not start a blog now? Maybe 14 or 20 years from now I will be an inspiration to someone just starting their own cancer fight.