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You've got to be kidding me, I have Breast Cancer? My name is Madelene Boudreaux. I just had my 51st birthday and my present was cancer. Although it wasn't the present I was expecting, I have decided to embrace it as such. My life as it existed is changed. Even though my diagnosis is that I have the most common breast cancer you can have (80% of the women who get breast cancer have this one) and the actual tumor was only 1.2 centimeters and there was only a microscopic spec in one lymph node... things just changed overnight. I feel confident that I will be healed with all the surgery, chemo and radiation, as well as the prayers, the shift in lifestyle and health changes, all of this with God as my Healer overseeing the whole plan. Most importantly, sunsets are more beautiful, my children are more precious and I cry for everything. Such clarity prevails, where life was blurry. I know my healing will come gently through trusted medical professionals, faith in a loving God and prayerful friends. I am surrounded by love with my family of eight kids and a great husband and a community of kind spirits!

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Trusting this little pill!


     Well, tomorrow (Wednesday) I will start on my cancer prevention medicine. Ricky picked up the prescription of ARIMIDEX today and I was shocked to see how small the pill is. Yet it's value, considering it can prevent my  breast cancer from reoccurring,  is really big! A little while ago I put the bottle on my night stand and asked Ricky if he would remind me to take it in the morning ...  everyday,  for the next five years! Am praying for a great result, and no incidence of side effects.
     It was not my desire to have to depend on medicine to stay cancer free,  I would've rathered an holistic approach, but time and again, my doctors have explained the  nature of my cancer had nothing to do with supplements or diet. It was an estrogen driven cancer. And although there are no guarantees that this  works  for everyone, I certainly pray it works for me!  ARIMIDEX works by lowering the amount of the hormone estrogen in the body.

I am trusting in the knowledge of my doctor and with faith, believe that God is watching over me! 
     

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