Breast cancer brings an unexpected type of notoriety. Read this survivor's story.
BY Bonnie Annis
PUBLISHED April 14, 2018
Bonnie Annis is a breast cancer survivor, diagnosed in 2014 with stage 2b invasive ductal carcinoma with metastasis to the lymph nodes. She is an avid photographer, freelance writer/blogger, wife, mother and grandmother.
The email sat in my inbox for several days before I decided to open it. Another breast cancer-related email wasn’t on the top of my priority list of reads. Truth be told, they’d started to feel a little passé. Four years since diagnosis and I’d done everything in my power to basically forget about cancer, but it seemed impossible to do so.Breast cancer had made me an instant celebrity of sorts. Although I’d rather have received accolades for something less painful, I’d finally learned to accept the notoriety. No matter how hard I tried to dismiss the fact that cancer had been a part of my life, it was as if it would forever be a part of me.
Throughout the year, invitations would appear randomly in my mailbox, on my voicemail or digitally via email. Breast cancer organizations would make contact wanting my participation in various events they were hosting. There were survivor dinners, 5K walks, and those awful pink ribbon fundraisers.
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