Hello Dears

Hello Dears Is A Book Told Through Emails (Mostly) That I Wrote To The Most Important People In My Life. This Book Is About My Personal Journey Through Breast Cancer.When I Was First Told That I Had Breast Cancer I Needed A Way To Be In Touch With All Of The People That I Knew Would Be Concerned For Me. I Didn'T Want To Spend My Time On The Phone Repeating Myself Again And Again And Again. So I Decided To Write To The People That Were In My Address Book On Our Computer. I Figured That If They Were In My Address Book Then They New Me Well Enough To Know What Was Going On.My Immediate Feeling When I Was Told Was Concern For My Husband Our Daughter And My Family. I Have Said This To Them To My Dears And To Everyone That I'Ve Shared My Story With - I Would Much Rather Be The One Battling Than Anyone That Is Close To Me. I Can'T Imagine How They Must Have Felt Hearing That Someone That They Care About Had The C-Word.So I Started To Type Emails And Send Them Out Each Step Of The Way. I Wanted Them All To Know That I Was In Fighter'S Mode. I Wanted Them All To Know That I Was Going To Be Ok. I Wanted Them All To Know That Forward Motion Is What Got Me Through Each And Every Turn Of This Ride. I Wanted Them To Check Their Ta-Ta'S And Tell Their Friends To Do The Same. And I Wanted Them To Share My Story With As Many People As Possible So That They Too Could Save Their Lives With Early Detection.I Tried As Best I Could To Keep A Strong Sense Of Humor Throughout The Process. That In Turn Made The Writing A Lot Lighter And Hopefully Entertaining. Each Step Of The Way I Let My Dears Know What We Were Going Through And What Was To Come.Again I Wanted Them To Know What We Were Dealing With So That They Wouldn'T Worry As Much About The Unknown. I Wanted To Educate Them As Best I Could So That They Could Do The Same As They Passed My Story Along.This Book Covers Everything From The Discovery Of My Lump To The Reconstruction Of My New Ta-Ta'S And Everything In Between.My Hope Is That When People Read This Book They Too Will Realize That With Forward Motion And Positivity You Can Overcome And Be Stronger.I Know That My Battle With The C-Word Will Never Truly Be Over. This Book Is For My Dears And For All Of Those That Have Been Touched By The C-Word. This Book Is For My Daughter So That When She Is Mature Enough To Know She Will Understand What Mommy Went Through And How I Kicked The C-Words Ass. Reagan Will Learn Just How Much Her Being On This Earth Has Helped Me Get Through It All.