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and their husbands fled like a speeding train unable to deal with this heart breaking illness. I want to live to spend time with this man and enjoy loving him.

This time around chemotherapy was a must. I would have a treatment once every three weeks. I never gave up hope. Sure I would get depressed and feel sorry for myself but then I would tell myself that I would and could beat this disease. I got fitted for a prosthetic breast and felt totally normal.

After the six-month chemotherapy treatments were done and over with, I found out that I was pregnant. My oncologist and all my other doctors said that this was ok. I would be able to have a prefect healthy baby. My husband and I got married and later found out that we were having twins. What a Miracle.

PART THREE THE FINAL CHAPTER

It's Christmas time again and the twin boys are now one and a half years old. I find a little hard spot in the breast that I still have. This time it is so much more difficult to deal with, as I now am married and have two little boys to look after. I want to see them grow, I want to see them graduate, get married, and have grandchildren. I will see all this and I will stay positive once again. Hey I beat this demon once and I will beat it again.

January, second breast is removed. Chemotherapy again. Do I want implants? Yes and no, not sure that I want to go in for yet another operation. My husband still loves me just as much or even more as when I had breasts. Wont' be able to wear those nice strapless dresses anymore but so what.

Well my twin boys are now eighteen and a half and there is no sign of cancer anywhere in my body. I had yet another son after the second round of chemotherapy and he is a strapping fourteen year old and is six feet tall.

Some people ask me what the secret to my success is and my answer is always the same. You have to stay positive and you have to really truly believe that you can beat it no matter what is thrown in your path. I am so grateful that I am alive today and writing this story. I hope that is will be an inspiration to other people that have cancer.

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