I am glad to hear that you are still with us. Keep on
fighting. I do find that some things I used to care
about I do not care about anymore. Additionally, I
could give my children my fair skin, so I am scared to
have any. Someday I may. Talk you later Marla.
Thanks for replying.


--- Marla Pence <marlapence@...> wrote:


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Hi, Jennifer! Welcome to this group. My name is
Marla, and I was diagnosed with breast cancer 14 years
ago. My prognosis was that IF the chemo worked, I
would possibly survive up to two years post chemo. In
that time, it was expected that I would recur and die.
Guess they didn't know me that well!

Wear your scars as badges of honor! They tell the
world that you are a survivor, and a lot of folks
never have the opportunity to know what that feels
like. As your cancer-free years pile up, you will
find a sweetness to your life that you never had
before. So don't worry about those scars....celebrate
them!

Marla





Marla B. Pence Life is not a journey to the grave with
the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and
well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside,
thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly
proclaiming --- Wow! What a ride!!!!!
---------------------------------
From: "jennifer" <graywolflover@...>
Reply-To:
cancer_survivors_gathering_place@yahoogroups.com
To: cancer_survivors_gathering_place@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [cancer_survivors_gathering_place] Hello
everyone.
Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2007 16:47:37 -0000


My name is Jennifer and I recently signed up to
receive messages. I am
trying to reach out to other cancer survivors to help
me deal with mine.

Chuck, I am so glad that you do not have to go to the
Oncologist all
the time now. My cancer is recent so I go every three
months. What
type of cancer did you have? I had melanoma. They seem
to have gotten
all of it, but I still am under close observation. I
am still trying
to deal with it. The scars I have are very noticable.

I do not watch baseball, but my dad likes the Yankees.
I like to watch
football and I watch NASCAR with my husband. I like to
go four-
wheeling, read romance and mysteries, and many other
things.
















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