Since her ini­tial diag­no­sis, my beau­ti­ful wife has been wri­ting in a per­so­nal jour­nal on her com­pu­ter. During the wed­ding, the honey­moon and the nume­rous back-​​and-​​forth tests at the Ottawa Breast Can­cer cen­ter (on the Civic Hos­pi­tal cam­pus), she kept a brave face.

But after the dust sett­led from the wed­ding and cruise, and now with the offi­cial diag­no­sis and the impen­ding sur­gery, rea­lity has hit her hard.

Howe­ver, Syl­vie is upbeat about her upco­ming mas­tec­tomy on Mon­day, Sep­tem­ber 11. She jokingly refers to it as “when one of her twin towers will be falling.”

(She doesn’t mean to offend. It’s her way to deal with her loss, and a good dose of laugh­ter does help when spread among the many tears she has shed in the last few weeks.)

In fact, Syl­vie is so upbeat and posi­tive about her breast can­cer — and her upco­ming mas­tec­tomy on Mon­day, Sep­tem­ber 11 — that she deci­ded to make the best of it in the only way she knew how…

“Mar­ket and mone­tize it!”

So she deci­ded to post her entries on a per­so­nal blog to tell the world about her jour­ney. I desig­ned it, and the blog is com­plete with AdSense, affi­liate links and more.

For Syl­vie, wri­ting a blog is part the­ra­peu­tic (she feels libe­ra­ted by wri­ting about it), part edu­ca­tion (she wants to use her “adven­ture” to inc­rease awa­re­ness), and part pro­fit (breast can­cer key­words are very profitable!).

Neverthe­less, it’s part of the hea­ling pro­cess and great medi­cine for her soul. As she says so fervently:

“Life gave me lemons, so I might as well make the best of it. Lemo­nade? Heck no… I’m going to turn lemons into lemon meran­gue pie!”

Go take a look at Breast​Can​cer​Vic​tory​.com and post a com­ment! She really, really does appre­ciate the kind words of sup­port. Your pra­yers and thoughts are always appreciated.

He sur­gery will occur bet­ween 11 am Eas­tern, and 2 pm. We’re not sure. But some peo­ple have asked when the actual sur­gery will take place. We will only know early Mon­day morning.

The rea­son is that some peo­ple want to pray during the actual time of the sur­gery. (Syl­vie abso­lu­tely feels gra­te­ful about that.)

So I will post a com­ment to this post when we know on Mon­day morning.

Since chemo will ensue (to pre­vent the can­cer from sprea­ding to her impor­tant lymph­no­des), Syl­vie deci­ded to have her head sha­ved prior to the treat­ments, and giving her hair to a cha­rity called Locks of Love.

It’s a cha­rity that accepts dona­tions of hair, which will be used to create wigs for kids with cancer.

(Syl­vie is such a giving per­son that, even in a time like this, she still feels com­pe­lled to give of her­self. If I haven’t said it already, she’s my hero. I love her so much.)

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