Breast Cancer was a new thing for me when I
found out the my grandmother had it. I went to see my
dad and he was crying and my dad isn't the type of person to
cry about something small so I new something was wrong.
I kept asking him over and over again what was wrong, he
kept telling me "Nothing is wrong Tiffany....."
Which I knew right there was a lie. He finally told me
after 20 minutes of me asking him why he was crying.
He told me, "Your Grandmother has
breast cancer, please don't tell your brothers and sister
because they don't know yet." I then too started
bawling. I ran outside and just started bawling.
In August I had lost my cousin in a motor vehicle accident,
so I was already depressed, but this was even worse! I
didn't really know anything about cancer treatment all I
knew was therapy made your hair fall out! And I was
scared... scared for myself and my family.
I didn't go around much before I turned
14. I made the decision that I wanted to get to know
my dad and my other family as well. I'm 18 now so it
was 4 years ago that I started going to Austin on a regular
basis. In August of 2004 she had gone to the doctors
and they had found something to be concerned about it her
breast. They ran many test on her and it took weeks. I
didn't go to the hospital when she [was] in there. I was
scared, I didn't know what to expect and what they would be
doing to her. I regret everyday of my life for not
going up to the hospital when she was in there.
Although she is still with us I still regret myself not
going up and seeing her when she needed me the most.
It wasn't until near the end of September
that they had diagnosed her with breast cancer. NO one
in my family has ever had breast cancer before so it was so
new to me. I was so scared. They took both her
breast off during surgery on October 12, 2004. She had
to go through a lot of recovery. And she then
took chemo treatments. I couldn't imagine how she was
feeling through all the treatments. My grandmother is
really tough, so I knew she would get through this. Of
course days were really hard for her.. and still are to this
day. But we can't imagine what she has gone through.
But we are all so happy that God gave her a second chance.
She has been cancer free for over a year
now and I thank God everyday that she is still with us!
I love my grandmother so much and I don't know what I would
have done if I would have lost her. I'm not as close
with her as all the others are because I haven't had the
pleasure of spending my whole life with her.. but now I take
every chance I get to see her or spend time with her! I love
her so much! People always say things like
everything will be okay, think on the bright side...but in
the end .. we did this and my gram is still with us today!
Thank you so much for letting me
tell my story!
I love you Grandma FAYE! You're my shinning star!
Tiffany
