I'm Sorry You Have to Be Here

At age 39, Lois Bhatt, the mother of a three-year-old daughter and a nine-month-old son was diagnosed with Stage II Breast Cancer. I’m Sorry You Have to Be Here, relates her fears, grief, anger, and hope as an individual and as a wife, mother, sister, friend and neighbor. It documents the complexities of what a mother diagnosed with cancer must face – misdiagnoses, surgery, chemotherapy and radiation – while continuing to parent young children and maintain a loving relationship with her husband. It is a very personal story. It identifies problems and fears that face a mother with a life threatening disease. The story is an emotional one speckled with many humorous moments, delving beneath the surface of diagnosis and treatment to reveal the changes and triumphs a family endures.