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Carmen Cancer One
October 11, 2007
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Many times family support can be the greatest comfort when dealing with cancer.
That was the case for one Southwest Florida woman who had lots of support with the
diagnosis and the disease.
Carmen Santerre was diagnosed twice with breast cancer. Her first bout began in
1996 when she found a lump in her right breast. Her husband says, “My thoughts were
how am I going to handle this is she’s got breast cancer? How am I going to support
her? How much of a shock is it going to be to her?”
After five years of treatment and four years cancer-free, Carmen learned that the
cancer had come back. This
time it was in her left breast. For Robin the second
diagnosis was just as scary as the first. For Carmen it meant some grueling months
ahead. “Because of the size I had to do more than just radiation and those days
were
not days I would wish on anybody,” said the survivor.
Through those tough days of treatment, Carmen surrounded herself with love and support.
She credits her friends and family with helping her cope during the most difficult
of times.
“With my family and my husband and my two boys and all of my friends in the Cape,
I’ve never seen such an outgoing of love that they’ve given me and without them
I don’t think I could have come through it,” she said.
Carmen did come through it. She’s
now a breast cancer survivor. The mother of two
says she’s come out of it a better person with an added perk.
“They say God gave me a gift in return, he gave me my curly hair for it.” Carmen
says cancer also gave her a new outlook on her marriage.
Carmen and her husband looked for the best in each other when cancer was trying
to get the best of them.
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