00:00I find that sense of humor is everything. I mean literally, I don't think I'd be
00:06alive without sense of humor. If you can't laugh when you get up in the
00:11morning, go back to bed. I'm Serena Lambiase. Ten years ago, I saw a little
00:19something going on. It was stage three. I did everything you're supposed to do. I
00:23went every year for the tech-ups, for the test, and it still was stage three. When
00:29you're metastatic, it never goes away. You are in permanent treatment. It is hard to
00:38not cross the line into only thinking about cancer. You want to have a normal
00:43life as much as possible. It's hard to feel like a woman sometimes. I found it
00:48hard to find clothes that made me look okay. The hair loss was the biggie. I used
00:54to pride myself on my hair, and I look back and say, geez, that was stupid.
00:59There are bad weeks and good weeks. I never used to take the time to put
01:03makeup on all the time. Now I do because I just feel like I want to look human. I'm
01:08three and a half years into metastatic. I keep telling my doctor, well, I'm past my
01:12expiration date. I'm doing okay.
