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This weekend, I found out that I only have one year to live and ...
Believe me, even I did not expect the reaction
This weekend I found out that I only have one year to live and... Believe me, even I did not expect the reaction... I cried like never before, I felt like I would die; I thought of my daughters, my husband and I literally collapsed.
Whoever was giving me the news (Doctor) of my life condition hugged me with gentleness, while I just listened in slow motion to his words of encouragement, of this very painful experience.
Without a doubt, I ran to the consultation of the mastologist doctor, a man of character, a born leader (he made me tremble when he explained to me what was happening in my mom with the malignant tumor) is a great human being whom I respect, admire and thank with all my heart, forever.
He took care of my case and told me Janitze "you are now an oncology patient" (that echoed in my ears) I felt so much fear and uncertainty, when I had to take the next step after the biopsy and the immunohistochemistry; after having the results and giving name and surname to the tumor, the neoadjuvant therapy arrived... My life was transformed!
It turns out that resentment, dissatisfaction, resentment, loneliness (both in my personal and work life) turned into a disease and a cancer grew in my right breast.
What happened to me next? I began to heal from my own shadows and to show them, from this very hard and painful experience, how wonderful life is. Living life with GRATEFULNESS is the simplest way to do it; without so much hype, with less complaining.
Believe it or not, many who claimed to be my friends who saw that I was a sick-fallen tree, made firewood out of me. They abandoned me because they were never there... Life lesson! Not all, who seem to be your friends, are not.
Those who did accompany me are my earthly Angels, the protectors of those that God puts on earth. Human beings, dedicated, committed, willing, attentive, loving and much more. They have been there in my best and worst moments; they have known how to listen to me, accompany me and have been patient with me.
I see every day a wonderful MIRACLE, sometimes full of inexplicable, intangible events, although I tell you that it matters little to me (now less that God has made me free and beautiful in my essence) after receiving this painful news..." This weekend I discovered that I only have one year left to live and...".
That is why I talk so much about living intensely every moment of life and if "the weekend is three days or two days" what makes it valuable is to respect and honor the life that is given to us once, if we do not use it well; if we do not love more, when we least think, we realize it is gone.
With this I want to tell you how important it is to take breaks on weekends between so many occupations, they are the plus to dedicate valuable time to our physical, mental and emotional health. The Human Being continues to be and to be, and one continues to speak to the body.
What I am telling you is so true that I remember that even when I was sick (I am not anymore) I had to enter the ICU of a hospital to see my cousin before they took her to the morgue, and although I understood very well that her Being (essence) was no longer there, I could not stop talking and telling her body many things.
Obviously, just as sometimes we are not emotionally the same way, there are certainly times when we handle things better than others; ultimately we are human beings. Tomorrow has enough of its own eagerness.
And it's not that my life is extraordinary, nor has everything been so pretty and rosy, I just build extraordinary moments of any situation with different shades of rainbow colors. I have life, I am healthy and that is enough.
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