Broward County Transit September 2, 2012

I moved back to Broward County in 2002.  At that time I was getting divorced and moving into a condo by the ocean with my two sons.

During the spring of 2003 I was diagnosed with breast cancer.  I worked and took care of my kids throughout the chemo and radiation.  When all was said and done, it was the end of February 2004.

In September 2004, I was diagnosed with a brain tumor.  My cancer had spread.  Not good, but with plenty of support,  I marched on through the surgery and whole-brain radiation.

In December 2005, I was diagnosed with a second brain tumor.  During the surgery, the doctor found that one section of my brain was riddled with cancer, so she removed that section.  This left me with a condition called Homonymous Hemianopsia.  Fifty percent of my visual field is gone.  I am now legally blind.

At the beginning of December, before the diagnosis, my oldest son (fifteen years old) received his driving permit.  I hadn’t had time to teach him to drive before the holidays.  I was teaching; he was playing on the school basketball team, etc.  I had the surgery during the first week of January 2006 and was devastated about my loss of sight.  I didn’t know how I would be able to get to school to teach and earn a living.  My brother suggested signing my son  up for driving lessons, which I immediately did.  So, before my sick leave was up, I had my son driving his brother and me around.  He eventually got his license and things were okay until he left for college.

At that point, my youngest son and I became Condemned to Broward County Transit.