January 30, 2018 · from Lesley’s original CaringBridge journal
I will leave the original paragraph below – but even reading it am amazed at how far I have come since then. As we face our second round of cancer – Leukemia this time – I am not the same person who wrote that paragraph. It is not as scary. God has grown me so much since then and I know will continue to through this trial as well. I look forward to seeing what all He has planned for us with this 2020 version of my cancer. Thank you for joining the journey with us.
– Lesley
Invasive ductal carcinoma. These were the last words I thought I’d hear, especially now. According to all the statistics this shouldn’t be happening – I’m too young, too small, no family history of any kind of cancer, I have had a bunch of kids and nursed them all a long time – heck, I’m nursing one right now! My midwife said she has never had a patient diagnosed with breast cancer while nursing. Boy am I special. This shouldn’t be happening to me. Yet here I sit watching it all swirl around me. At times it is like I am in the eye of a hurricane. I feel so out of control. But nevertheless, here we go 2018. Looks like it is going to be a wild year. Not how we want to be spending it but again, not our choice.
Cancermamma 