Recognize
All winter my reflection was of a sick person. Very pale skin, dark circles under my eyes, bald head, no eyebrows, joint and nerve pain, fatigue…I was very sick. Chemotherapy was a difficult process and it was hard for me to accept that I was not well. I really disconnected from my reflection. I don't look in the mirror very closely for a few months. Inside I didn't feel like a “sick person”. I felt Nicole. I also didn't want to be reminded with every glance in the mirror of everything I was going through, so I just didn't look. I was washing my face and as I dried I took a long look into the mirror and I was surprised. I recognized the person looking back at me!! It was like seeing an old friend again. Hello friend! I finished my treatments mid April and I have been steadily feeling better every day. My hair is growing back including my eyebrows. My stamina has increased. I am strong enough to go to the gym a few times a week and I started Bikram yoga again. I