The week of September 27 – October 3, 2015 has been designated in the US as National Hereditary Breast & Ovarian Cancer Week with September 30 having the special designation of noting National Previvor Resolutions. Before my journey of cancer diagnosis and treatment began in late 2008, I had no special affiliation to these types of commemorations and certainly did not have the words ‘previvor’ in my vernacular: however, I’m grateful to be here today to report how much I have