#ChallengeAccepted

#Challengeaccepted. Thank you to all the women who have invited me. I am touched and honored.⁣⁣

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This challenge was initially created to raise awareness about the plight of women in Turkey stuck in quarantine with their abusers, the increase in female deaths there. ⁣⁣

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But of course, what's happening in Turkey is only a microcosm of what's happening to women globally--which is only escalated because of the pandemic ⁣⁣

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This picture was taken yesterday. I had to start a version of chemo yesterday called immunotherapy, because it was discovered that I now I am HER 2+ and no longer HER 2-. ⁣⁣So, I have another year of this.

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15 Years ago being HER 2+ would have been a death sentence. Much like being stuck in an abusive relationship. ⁣⁣

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But today, we have targeted therapies-- this one is a miracle drug called Herceptin. Much like my oils, I am BEYOND grateful for it. I have a longer life expectancy. ⁣⁣

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I pray we can continuing raising awareness and take action-- it took women 100 years to get the right to vote in the US-- it was a slow change, but that change could only be made by coming together, not tearing apart.⁣⁣

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