Super Human Super Nurse
As an oncology nurse I can tell you that cancer is no respecter of persons. It doesn't care what your standing in the community or church might be or whether or not you are an unmotivated couch potato or leading a spin class. Cancer isn't checking in to see if this is a good time for a life crisis. Cancer doesn't care that you just landed a new job or got married or retired or booked a fabulous vacation for six months from now. It certainly doesn't care if you've been taking care of cancer patients for the past 15 years. In 2013, after a successful total nephrectomy to remove a 10 centimeter tumor from my kidney, I felt I had dodged a bullet. My tumor was well encapsulated and required no more intervention. There were people I knew who had died from Renal Cell Cancer and others who were still going strong 10 years after a nephrectomy. Fast forward five years. During a routine screening mammogram something was found that cau...