A Journey in Pink Part VI: 2-Year Survivor, Embracing Life by

Bonna L. Nelson

There are nearly 17 million cancer survivors in the United States, and each will contend with the effects of their diagnosis and treatment in different ways…research is also being devoted to finding ways to improve overall care and well-being so that survivors can go on to live longer, healthier lives.

~ Chuck Rose, Cancer Survivor and Creative Director, National Cancer Institute (NCI)

There are nearly 17 million cancer survivors in the United States, and each will contend with the effects of their diagnosis and treatment in different ways…research is also being devoted to finding ways to improve overall care and wellbeing so that survivors can go on to live longer, healthier lives.

~ Chuck Rose, Cancer Survivor and Creative Director, National Cancer Institute (NCI) I thought I might be finished with writing about my breast cancer journey. But over the past six months, I have learned about nine friends with newly diagnosed cancers. I was stunned by the number of men and women in our circle struck down by “the emperor of all maladies.” I found it impossible to wrap my head around the fact that nine friends had to do battle with the disease, and all at the same time.

I wrote about my breast cancer journey in Tidewater Times , be -