Fourteen Percent - Jen's Blog Part 1 Jen Pearson is a beauty professional, cosmetology teacher and incredibly resilient person. She is 31 years old and a breast cancer patient.
Sometimes this life of mine just feels so surreal, as if I am invading someone else's story.
The last few weeks have flown by and so much has happened in that timeframe that it makes my head spin! I feel like I'm at the beginning again-being diagnosed for the first time and scrambling to get a handle on the situation...
Today was our first official day at MD Anderson in Texas and what a day it was! I am so tired that I can hardly think straight! We were at the hospital for at least 8 hours, starting at 7a.m. (5a.m. California time). I think I fell asleep in every possible place that I sat or lay down in the hospital-in the waiting room, doctor's office, on the ultrasound bed-before, during and after the ultrasound-and before and after the biopsies. Not to mention the nap when I got back to the hotel room. Okay, enough with talking zzzz's.
Deja vu. This seems very familiar, almost like I've done this before. Only it's a little different this time. I am in a private room, lying on a hospital bed and after four attempts, they finally got a "clean stick" and am now ready to receive my chemo...
October. This is a big month-the month of pink, boobies and Halloween. It also signifies my anniversary-my cancer-versary. A year ago, I was still in blissful ignorance, enjoying every moment of getting to know my new home in Los Angeles. Within 5 days, I found a large lump in my right breast and my focus suddenly shifted to cancer.
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