Monday, October 18, 2010

5 Years Later

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Today is the anniversary of when I got the call stating that I had melanoma.

My first though when they told me was…..what is that??  Skin cancer. I remember the lady on the other end of the phone telling me she was sorry to have to tell me. I remember felling stunned. I was only 29 years old. My oldest was 5 and my youngest was 14 months old. I had called Shawn in tears and he rushed home.

These are photos that I took just before my phone call.

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The mole I noticed when I was pregnant with Little Shawn. I had a cousin that is a nurse and she kept telling to get it looked at.  It took going to three different doctors for one in NJ to give me a referral to have it checked out.

4 comments:

BAHGL said...

Wow Sherri,
I had no idea!! Congrats on defeating that nasty disease!!

Karen said...

I am glad you are posting this 5 years later. You are strong and here! It's also a reminder of how serious this is. Maybe for someone who doesn't know what they might have. HUGS!!

Sherri said...

thanks girls!

Tricia said...

Sherri congrats on 5 years! Here's to many more years of being cancer free!