Anniversary......

CR1954
CR1954 Member Posts: 1,390 Member
edited March 2014 in Breast Cancer #1
I'm coming on my one year anniversary of being dx'd. July 10.
I was so afraid that it would be a difficult day for me, as it has been for others...

Dolly the puppy, was supposed to come home on the 10th, and I thought "oh good"! That will make it a happy day!
However, things have changed, and Dolly's homecoming will be delayed by a couple of days.

But as of right this moment, my upcoming anniversary really is not bothering me. Maybe I'm just weird, but the date just doesn't instill fear or sadness in me. I really don't think it will.

Who knows though, when that day actually arrives, I may feel differently. But as of right now,it's just another day...

CR

Comments

  • dmc_emmy
    dmc_emmy Member Posts: 549
    #2
    CR-anniversary means...
    you've made it one more year. My dx day (as for all of us) will be one that I will remember for a lifetime. It was a day that changed my life forever (in some good ways, but mostly not). However, each anniversary is a day of success; even with the mixed emotions, I feel every Dec 13th, I have a great sense of relief.

    My anniversary is a time to reflect on what has happened (both the good and the bad), what has changed within me emotionally and spiritually, and what I can do to make sure I have another anniversary. With each anniversary I realize, and celebrate, that was able to be here another year. I was able to see my daughter continue to mature into the beautiful young woman that I always knew she would become and to be there should she have needed me. Another year, each anniversary, I am thankful, truly thankful that the drs really knew what they were doing and that they enabled me to live and enjoy life to the best of my ability.

    CR, I hope you celebrate and reflect on July 10th.
    dmc
  • Marcia527
    Marcia527 Member Posts: 2,729
    #3
    I was diagnosed in 2003 and
    I was diagnosed in 2003 and I don't think about the anniversary date much at all. I may post it to you guys but it's not that important to me.
  • KathiM
    KathiM Member Posts: 8,028 Member
    #4
    I take the positive thought...
    Another year that I have lived, another year beating the beast....

    For me, as time goes on, it gets easier to pass the day of my diagnosis...when my world stood still. I saw a plate today at a swap meet...In dutch, it said 'In the play of life, there is no program'. I bought it!!!!

    Hugs, Kathi
  • CR1954
    CR1954 Member Posts: 1,390 Member
    #5
    Yes.....
    I'm sure that I will think about it that day. And I WILL reflect. But I am sure that I won't be upset. I will instead, thank the good Lord and my medical team for getting me this far. And I will look at it as an accomplishment, rather than a "day of doom".

    I'm just glad to know that I'm not some kind of goofball for not feeling really sad and emotional about it.

    Hugs,

    CR
  • dmc_emmy
    dmc_emmy Member Posts: 549
    #6
    CR1954 said:

    Yes.....
    I'm sure that I will think about it that day. And I WILL reflect. But I am sure that I won't be upset. I will instead, thank the good Lord and my medical team for getting me this far. And I will look at it as an accomplishment, rather than a "day of doom".

    I'm just glad to know that I'm not some kind of goofball for not feeling really sad and emotional about it.

    Hugs,

    CR

    CR-with all the good advise...
    that you pass along on this board, I personally think that you are FAR from a "goofball," regardless of how you spend your anniversary. :)
    dmc
  • RE
    RE Member Posts: 4,591 Member
    #7
    Anniversaries
    My first dx anniv. is Oct 19, the second one is a blur and the third one is Feb 14. It's funny that I recall these dates when there is actually quite a bit I don't recall (chemo brain). As time passes it becomes easier. I no longer even realize the importance of the dates sometimes and if I do it is with the knowledge that I have one upped the beast for another year! You are quite normal CR, cancer is an emotional illness as well it tends to send us into a tailspin now and then. I hope your anniversary day comes and goes without too much disturbance to you!

    Hugs,

    RE
  • cats_toy
    cats_toy Member Posts: 1,462 Member
    #8
    CR
    I remember mine because it was President's Day two years ago. They were open and I was to call after 3 pm for the results of the needle biopsy and mutrasound. Completely forgot about it the first year, but remembered the second year. I think that is when I found these boards, signed up, then left again for a couple of months.

    You will do great with it, it is only what you make it, and you seem to take most of this stuff in stride. So, Congratulations a little early, and look forward to that new puppy!

    =^..^=
  • lynn1950
    lynn1950 Member Posts: 2,570
    #9
    "Another day" is good
    I took my happy pill today and I will take it on the 10th and my showers of golden light will protect you in their glow. Lynn
  • Alexis F
    Alexis F Member Posts: 3,598
    #10
    Just wishing you an early
    Just wishing you an early Congrats CR! I can't wait until I have one year behind me! I will celebrate it and every one after that!
  • jk1952
    jk1952 Member Posts: 613
    #11
    Alexis F said:

    Just wishing you an early
    Just wishing you an early Congrats CR! I can't wait until I have one year behind me! I will celebrate it and every one after that!

    CR, I'm sure I'm an oddity,

    CR, I'm sure I'm an oddity, because I don't even remember the day I was diagnosed, either in 2000 or 2009. Maybe it's because I had so many diagnoses the first time. Was it when they said I had DCIS after the core biopsy, was it when they thought I might have some invasive cancer after the wide excision, or was it when the invasive cancer was confirmed when it was sent to Vanderbilt Medical Center? Actually, since it was ever-changing, it probably helped to make a certain date not that important. The same type of thing happened the second time, so I didn't focus on a date this year either.

    I've actually considered my annual mammogram to be an anniversary of sorts. It means that it's been one more year as a survivor, and I'm always thankful.

    Joyce
  • Jadie
    Jadie Member Posts: 723
    #12
    Time has a way of healing
    Right now you need therapy. GO SHOPPING on that day. Have a big ice cream cone. Try to forget that you are in "therapy" for the day. I don't even think about mine. Well maby for a minute.

    Hugs
    Jadie<3
  • Moopy23
    Moopy23 Member Posts: 1,751 Member
    #13
    CR1954 said:

    Yes.....
    I'm sure that I will think about it that day. And I WILL reflect. But I am sure that I won't be upset. I will instead, thank the good Lord and my medical team for getting me this far. And I will look at it as an accomplishment, rather than a "day of doom".

    I'm just glad to know that I'm not some kind of goofball for not feeling really sad and emotional about it.

    Hugs,

    CR

    Not a Goofball
    CR, it is an accomplishment, something to be thankful for--every anniversary. I look forward to those myself. I, as well as everyone here, am thankful for you and your being here. No days of doom--we all have had enough of those!

    By the way, I agree with Jadie--retail therapy and ice cream are a good way to spend an anniversary. Susan will agree, you know--good old retail therapy!

    p.s. hope all is well with your pup, and that the delay is not due to a problem.
  • Akiss4me
    Akiss4me Member Posts: 2,188
    #14
    Criteria for my day....
    I have decided that I would make my day May 20,2009 since that is the actual day that my Surgeon looked at us and said "what you were sent here for from Wheeling is nothing to worry about...." (whooohoooo, we are out of here!) "....however, I do believe I see a cancer that we need to deal with." (awwww, bummer). He called it from that day by looking at my Breast MRI. So offically my date was born.....:) Pammy

    PS) Already planning my grand celebration....hubby already working extra to pay for it!!
  • Noel
    Noel Member Posts: 3,095 Member
    #15
    cats_toy said:

    CR
    I remember mine because it was President's Day two years ago. They were open and I was to call after 3 pm for the results of the needle biopsy and mutrasound. Completely forgot about it the first year, but remembered the second year. I think that is when I found these boards, signed up, then left again for a couple of months.

    You will do great with it, it is only what you make it, and you seem to take most of this stuff in stride. So, Congratulations a little early, and look forward to that new puppy!

    =^..^=

    Congrats to you CR on this
    Congrats to you CR on this anniversary. And, that new puppy will be a very good g i f t!
  • Christmas Girl
    Christmas Girl Member Posts: 3,682 Member
    #16
    You are certainly not "weird" - dear CR...
    Although our experiences and reactions are so much alike - they are also just as much different. Simply because we are each unique individuals.

    You've been through an awful lot lately, not pleasant at all, and beyond your own BC. Also - you are still receiving treatment; therefore, you're not yet "done"... I believe these factors may be playing a major role in your current feelings.

    I know I may sound like a "broken record" sometimes; but, it's worth repeating here, I believe... We should never, ever measure ourselves as directly compared to our BC sisters.

    Kind regards, Susan

Discussion Boards