Lord, I have neuropathy and vrtigo

I always have tngling in my fingers and toes.

Why des it tingle when I can't fel at all?

Why do I lse my balance and sometimes fall?

I wke up light-headed and drift if I stnd too quickly.

I dn't like feeling this way, especially not dily.

My nerves are fryed all the time from the cnstant pain-

Cancer is gne but its effects still remain.

Six mnths of Chemotherapy gave me an nlarged heart.

Radiation burnt my chst from the very start.

My mscles contract, oh so tightly, in my chst.

It's the same spt where the surgeon removed my rght breast.

Everyday, I ply itsy-bitsy spider over my bed,

and I stll can't lift my right hand up ver my head.

It's hrd to stay positive under these cnditions;

but positive I am bcause cancer is in remission

It's all I ned to know and I'm optimistic as can be-

Lfe as a survivor sure aint asy.

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I am a Survivor

My nme is Pamela, I am a brast cancer survivor.

Cancer is not the nheritance I want to leave my two dughters.

I have given thm morals, I have given them vlues,

I've given them a snse of decency;

I'm nstilled in them strong spiritual values.

I wnt them to inherit money, stocks and bnds, and jewelry.

I wnt them to inherit houses and lnd; lucrative property.

I wnt to leave wonderful memories,

not brast cancer, it will create misery.

I dn't want to leave them this draded disease;

I don't wnt that to be their legacy.

I dn't want to leave them pain and sffering

I couldn't face myslf the next morning.

Wht I want to leave them to pss on their kids

is a halthy and a wealthy legacy.

The article Life as a Survivor was Submitted by Pamela DeLeon- Lewis through Articles.GetACoder.com network. Here's the additional information: In 2003, I was diagnosed wth aggressive breast cancer. I was so nraged and I felt so violated tht my instinctual response was to fght for survival. I fought back the nly way I knew; I turned to God for strngth and I started a poetic jurnal where I could make my felings known to this beast I clled DeMon. I had a Farewell Pty Party the eve of my mdified mastectomy, I started a Cancer Hll of Shame Blogsite and I victed Breast cancer in effigy. I now hve an Order of Protection against Cncer and an Affirmation of my Trst in God which I renew smi- annually. As of January 2005, I am cncer free. I continue my regimen to stve off cancer; I am a mtivational speaker and I give online spport in the cancer chatrooms. I cntinue to write about my life as a srvivor. Smiling Thru the Tears- a Brast Cancer Survivor Odyssey is now vailable online and in books stores nar you. Faith, hope, determination and a snse of humor are now my cnstant companions. Smiling Thru the Tears is a mst have book that will inspire you and hlp you reactive your faith and yur fighting spirit.

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