Recap of my 6th Year Cancerversary

I saw this in a Time magazine recapping the 10th year anniversary of 9/11 and it really resonated with me. I can't begin to imagine how those that were directly impacted by 9/11 (lost a loved one, actually at the Trade Center, got hurt, etc) feel even 10 years later but this is how I feel about my cancer diagnosis.

November 16, 2011 marked 6 years since I was officially diagnosed. Mentally/emotionally I feel pretty good. Physically I feel okay too. Last MRI and all other blood work is showing NED and that I'm pretty healthy besides my knee. I really celebrated last year being year 5 but this year was different. It was almost as if I didn't want to jinx myself. I work with cancer all the time but I hardly feel or talk about mine. I would say I've adapted very well BUT 11/16/11 made me feel wiggy about it. Talking to my long time pal, Paul, really helped. It's crazy because most people see me as shiny happy AND I am shiny happy about 95% of the time. I'm learning to really lean on my friends for those 5% of the time and my friends that have not been touched by cancer too. It's nice to get support from both and you get different perspectives too.

So I didn't celebrate 11/16/11 but I still plan on getting my hair trimmed. Most importantly I'm okay. It (cancer) still stays with me but I've moved forth and I'm okay.