The author said that she is grateful to have been in remission for five years, but surviving cancer is hard in ways she wasn't expecting. Courtesy of Rachel Garlinghouse. When the big day finally arrived, the day I could say I'd been in breast cancer remission for five years, I wasn't as ecstatic as I thought I'd be. It turned out to be a regular Tuesday, and I had to take my kids to school and go to work. There was no fanfare. I was here, I was healthy, and I had to get on with my daily life . The reality is that breast cancer fighters and survivors are often labeled as inspirational warriors. We fight the battle "like a girl," with pink boxing gloves on, our heads bald, but our grins wide. However, the reality is that there are so many hard things about surviving cancer that no one warned me about. You never "get over" having cancer After my first breast cancer battle, I wound up choosing to do EMDR, a specialized type of trauma therapy .…