They say that having a baby is the biggest revolution in your life.

I'm not sure that's true, because when you are pregnant, you have 9 months to get ready. There is an over abundance of material available to educate and prepare you for what's coming. But, when,you are a healthy 54 years old, run or swim almost every day and booom, you're told you have stage 4 highly aggressive cancer, it is a true bolt out of the blue.

Overwhelming in every way. Even I was reduced to a few Xanax to help me get through the first shocking week.

What a roller coaster:run from test to test, get punctured and lectured about a million things and terms that I never heard of, nor wanted to hear of. I must be grateful to the amazing efficiency of my all-lady team of doctors. They didn't waste a moment. Tik-tak all meetings &tests were lined up.

Within hours, I had a super-famous surgeon, a fabulous oncologist and now a lovely radiation specialist. Each surrounded by teams of efficient women, helping to put everything in place as smoothly as possible for such a rough process.