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Marcy

On the power of positive thinking…

“I got home, (after the diagnosis), and I got down on my knees, and I said, ‘Thank you…that I have health insurance.

And, thank you, that I have a family.

And, thank you, I don’t have young children at home.

Thank you, that I live in the metroplex and have access to good medical care.’

I mean, you get real basic.

I literally got on my knees.

Then, I got up and walked into the bathroom and looked at myself in the mirror.

And I pointed at myself and said, ‘You know, you’ve got two choices.  You can cry and feel sorry for yourself, or you can suck it up, and you can fight this.’

And that was decision I made.”

“Every day it’s a choice.

Every day, you can find something positive.  I will tell you, my life is much more blessed.

And I had a wonderful life before, but it has been a blessing.

My attitude is that you have to be positive and have very few pity parties; it’s not constructive.  You can change the dialogue in your head.  It shows you who you are, and how strong you are.”

“My prayer, every day, is for the woman who finds out she has breast cancer.”

Marcy England | 51 | Grand Prairie, TX | mother of Charlie and Sam | wife to Kirk | homemaker

Diagnosis: Stage II Breast Cancer  March 2009 | Bilateral Mastectomy  April 2009 | Chemotherapy  May – September 2009 | Radiation  October – November 2009 | Survivor