Cancer, of course, has a terrible toll on those who must endure it, but less frequently discussed is the effect it has on the patient’s loved ones.

“It’s going to come out in a matter of days or a week that I’m stage four,” she said. “So my cancer came back and that’s why I’m here.”

“Our life doesn’t end the minute we get that diagnosis. We still have some living to do,” she added.

Of course, learning that the evil disease was back wasn’t something she could accept easily and said it was “a bitter pill to swallow in a lot of ways.”