5 years ago today,
I found a lump in my right breast.
5 days after my 46th birthday.
And 5 years ago today,
lived Janice, Marloes, Libby, Yvette
and Natalie.
Fast forward 5 years to present day.
4 of the women in peace may they rest,
and 1 “living while dying,” as they say.
5 years from then marks today the day,
when statistically only one would be left to be.
I hate knowing the last one left is me.
While I am clearly not a poet, I hope you can feel my pain and frustration. These women were my friends. All five of us were diagnosed under the age of 50. For the five of us, there are thousands of others in our situation. Our current Canadian Breast Cancer Screening guidelines are failing us, our families and our friends. I will continue to use my story to advocate for better screening guidelines in Canada. I will fight until I can no longer.
Did my story move you? If so, feel free to buy me a coffee or contribute to my medical bills.