It’s just hair, they said, it’ll grow back! It’s just a year, when referring to my treatment plan, it’ll go by fast! It’s just 4 weeks post mastectomy surgery before you can hold your baby (which turned into 8 weeks plus add in a week for the port placement surgery).
Recovery from a mastectomy surgery was/still is hard. Chemo is/has become my worst nightmare. But the hardest & absolute worst part of all of this is going from the mom who did EVERYTHING for my 2 yr old to not being able to do anything.
Yes, her dad helps but he works 24 hour shifts which could easily turn into 72 hour shifts. We figured out a schedule that worked for our family & up until my diagnosis, it worked just fine.
Chemo with a toddler is extremely difficult. She’s always on the go & I never feel 100%. The biggest years of her life are slipping thru my fingers faster than I could have ever imagined. A year sounds very optimistic in the cancer world, it’s an eternity in a toddler’s world.
I miss being the mom who did everything, I miss squeezing my baby tight. Cancer sucks, chemo sucks more.
life of B 
While I can’t begin to imagine your heartache during this part especially, I have no doubt that when this is all behind you, you will once again be the everything your girls need! You will be the healthiest version of yourself that you have ever been and make up for any time lost with your family. The days seem long but the years are short. I pray this part of it all is the shortest when you look back🙏
💗 Love you friend.
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