# @bridget on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DSBnNVOjf5p
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/37693160-bridget-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-12-09T02:03:18.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Bridget Bahl (@bridget) — https://gondola.cc/bridget

## Caption

guys I want to be better so badly but… I’m not. If I have a good day, I try to make up for the whole entire year I was in bed in that single day. 🫣🥹 I get so excited and so happy to feel somewhat ok that I work myself straight into the ground.

And then I feel guilty for feeling down. I feel guilty even typing this. 🫣
Like… “shouldn’t I just be happy I had a good day?” 🥹
round and round we go.

So if you’re having a hard time, this is YOUR SIGN….
Two things can be true at once.
You can be grateful for a good day AND still feel the weight of all the hard ones.

And honestly… the only thing that helps me on days like this is reminding myself of what this year has taught me. 

🌤 some things I’ve learned from having cancer (so far)….

literally everything you do is a privilege.
eating. sleeping. standing up.

and that includes things I used to complain about 😭
like getting my nails done
or having to wake up early for pilates.
now I cannot wait for the day I get to do those things again.

there’s power in reframing negative thoughts.
instead of “chemo makes me sick,”
it’s “chemo is kicking cancer’s ass.”
instead of “radiation makes me tired,”
it’s “radiation is finishing the fight.”
instead of “immunotherapy makes me nauseous,”
it’s “immunotherapy is saving my life.”
I’m lucky to live in a time where medicine exists to do that.

my hair wasn’t as bad as I thought it was.
you will look back at the photos you’re taking now
the ones you’re picking apart
and realize you looked really cute.

pain gives you empathy.
when you’ve suffered, you see people differently.
you stop assuming.
you start listening.

and God doesn’t waste anything.
there’s purpose in pain.
I don’t know how,
but I know God will use it.

#hairloss #chemosucks #breastcancer #chemotherapy #thebar

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