By Devorah Borenstein
My breast cancer diagnosis wasn’t what I imagined. Indeed, this is a very common experience. We all assume we won’t get breast cancer — until we do. None of us knows what will await us tomorrow when we open the door. However, it is less about knowing what will be, than how we will react to it. We can’t stop breast cancer from coming, but we can stop ourselves from becoming an object of breast cancer. If we give ourselves permission to let go while insisting on the type of advocacy we deserve, we will achieve a well-being we also could not have previously imagined. Advocacy means making sure that there’s enough space for who we are and what we need after the diagnosis. That is our right.