I made it! Five years No Evidence of Disease. The past five years have gone by so quickly, and other times heart achingly slow. With the help of PTSD, there are things that I can't remember going through due to cancer.
One of the most important things that I have done with my experience is advocacy! And if you have read my blog, or know me personally, I am an open book. Sharing my story helps me, and also (hopefully) helps others. I have inserted the link below from a local news station in Rochester, New York. My friend who runs Cancer Wellness Connections and I were interviewed to raise awareness for gynecologic cancers-which is covered in September! I have inserted the link below, so please watch!
If you also couldn't tell, I have anxiety, "scanxiety", and probably other types of anxiety that I am not even aware of (sometimes I use humor as a coping mechanism). While I have "graduated" to seeing my oncologists twice a year, I am fortunate that I will still get lab work done every 3-4mo. You know, because of my anxiety/fear of reoccurrence. Five years is significant in a cancer patient because it is a promising sign that your cancer and it's symptoms are undetectable-i.e. remission.
