Via the social media feeds, a good Franklin story to share:
Franklin resident Susan Rosen sat slumped on her couch in a quiet house — her two children were at school — and let the news sink in: She had stage 4 metastatic breast cancer.
“I’m never going to be a grandmother,” she told her husband through sobs.
But that was four years ago. Susan, now 52, no longer views incurable cancer as a death sentence. The local wife and mother is one of a growing number of people managing the disease as a chronic illness, thanks to new, less toxic treatments that are tailored to each patient’s needs.
“Things are getting better every day in regards to treatments,” Susan said. “This is the best I’ve felt in years.”
Continue reading the full article at the Boston Herald
http://www.bostonherald.com/lifestyle/health/2017/08/kalter_cancer_patient_finds_hope
You can follow Susan's blog at Let Us be Mermaids
https://letusbemermaids.wordpress.com/
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| Susan Rosen - image from her webpage |
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