Here is something I have been pondering…how and when do you achieve survivor status?  After months of treatment, well actually over a year of rigorous adjuvant therapy and several surgeries, can I now officially hang up my boxing gloves?  Am I deserving of the pink t-shirt on race day?  In walking through my mental check list I have completed all of the major milestones – ü       Chemotherapyü       Surgeryü       Countless blood draws completedü       Port removed ü       Hair is growing back in…ü       Scans are clear…. So why am I not feeling a sense of relief?  My family and friends have all moved on, why haven’t I?  Aside from needing to allow myself time to adjust to the gravity of my cancer experience; my greatest issue is shifting gears from fight mode to survivor mode.  So far I have not figured out how to do that. Perhaps wearing my pink t-shirt on September 28th at this year’s Susan G. Komen Milwaukee Race for the cure will enable me to cross the finish line and finally achieve survivorship! Send me a message if you have any thoughts on how to achieve survivor status or what it means to be a cancer survivor. Walk with me at this year’s Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure – join my team:http://komenmilwaukee.kintera.org/faf/search/searchTeamPart.asp?ievent=261838&lis=1&kntae261838=FA31FDB50AB6491B918E088580B94FF6&team=2798417

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