This morning I was interviewed for an article to be released as part of breast cancer awareness month (aka pink’tober) in our local newspapers. One of the questions the journalist asked me was “10 years from now, what do you hope to have gained from this experience?”

My immediate, and really only, thought was: Looking 10 years into the future, I hope that all my breast cancer friends (especially those who are metastatic) are still alive and well.