My Cancer Journey

I have many friends and family around the world. Some of them are not on Facebook or other social media, so I thought I would start a blog to get the word out as my diagnosis progresses. I will add to this thread as I learn more. 

NOVEMBER 11, 2026 

I received the call. 

I had already gone through my routine mammogram, followed by an ultrasound, which is fairly normal for me -- apparently the girls are dense. They recommended a biopsy because two areas were suspicious. Again, routine; I've had two biopsies in the past. 

But this time it felt different for some reason, so I wasn't surprised. 

When I found out who my biofather was and connected with cousins, one of them, a first cousin, told me to take care because cancer runs through the family. She later died after battling cancer three times, and her daughter also just died. Because of this, another cousin and I started charting what our relatives died from, and there was a lot that died from cancer! For some of them, I couldn't say what type of cancer, but it was a lot. I don't know what happened to Arthur, my biofather, so most of them were not immediate family. 

So I was warned and not surprised. I disliked that I found out on Remembrance Day, which also happens to be my late brother's birthday. 

So how did I react? Well, I'm a funny duck. Stuff like this doesn't make me cry; I like to have all the information, no matter how awful, and go from there. Maybe it's the English stiff upper lip in me - who knows. I may of had a pity party for a few minutes, and then "carry on." What does make me cry is really stupid stuff, like Christmas commercials and ships. We watched the movie Pearl Harbour, and I didn't start crying until the ships started sinking. And don't get me started on the sinking of the SS United States -- I was bawling my eyes out, and it was the same day I didn't cry when I got the call. 

I think I jinxed myself, though; every year I put an ornament on the tree to signify something that happened that year. I told Bruce that we did nothing all year! Boy, what a surprise. So I'm thinking of putting this ornament on the tree (My friend MK said I was a weirdo LOL). 

If this goes south, the Leaf better win the cup soon because I've been waiting for 58 years!