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The Breast Cancer Journey Never Stops - V2 - Countdown to Chemo

Thank you for continuing to follow my Breast Cancer journey as I open the curtain into the raw, unfiltered, emotional, and sometimes comical side of my own personal experience with BC. If you're new to my blog, welcome and I'll give you a little context. I was diagnosed with Triple Negative Breast Cancer in late 2014 with treatments taking me through August of 2015. I'm approaching my 10 year cancer-versary next month. I've shared some of my journey here and there, but was never ready to completely pull back the curtain until now. It took a lot of self-discovery, physical and mental healing along with time to get to the point where I could be 100% vulnerable in what I had to share. Buckle up and hope this can help someone through their journey, understand someone who's going through it right now, or simply encourage someone to get their annual exam. That first day felt more like 72 hours instead of just 24. Some of the the following days were just as long while othe...
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The Breast Cancer Journey Never Stops - Day 1

Introduction to The Breast Cancer Journey Never Stops  Hi y'all! I'm Jen and it's a pleasure to meet everyone virtually. As I come up to my 10-year Cancer-versary, I want to take a retrospect back to the beginning to share my journey which will include the raw, good, bad, and the ugly. So, why now? I've shared some details in the past but have not pulled back the curtain as much as I could have at the time. I've been talking to so many people right now that are going through their own life-changing journey or are caregivers to someone who is going through critical health experiences. The scars and feels are ones you see and a lot of them are the ones you don't. My fork in the road began over 11 years ago when I went in for the first baseline mammogram. I was unsure of what to expect since it was all new and I'd heard some horrible stories from others including the uncomfortableness of getting your girls squished into pancakes. The exam came and weng without ...
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