Unless you have the BRCA gene mutation that makes you at much higher risk to develop breast cancer, the odds are you'll never know why you, of all people, got it. (What the medical community really knows for sure about the causes of breast cancer could be printed on the back of a pink ribbon and still leave room for a coupon to buy a “huggable” stuffed animal from the Breast Cancer Mall). Let's agree that we aren't going to waste any time on questions that can't be answered and focus on the ones that can be.
The first question isn't “why do I have this problem?” it's “how do I solve this problem?”
And the answer is, you'll solve it the way you solve all of the challenges you confront. You bring a lifetime of experience, skills, and wisdom to breast cancer. We all do.
Cancer didn't teach me lessons that changed my life, my life taught me lessons that changed my cancer experience. Hence, the title of this book.
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