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I Kissed Goodbye To My Stomach

I Kissed Goodbye To My Stomach

by Gastrectomy Connections | Oct 2, 2020 | Cancer Survivor, Stomach Cancer, Stomachless, Total Gastrectomy

In October last year, I met with a genetics department to find out if I had inherited the CDH1 mutation. If somebody had told me back then, that in less than twelve months I would be living a stomachless-life, I wouldn’t have believed them. Since that very first...
Three Identities & One Cancer-Journey

Three Identities & One Cancer-Journey

by Gastrectomy Connections | Oct 2, 2020 | Cancer Survivor, CDH1, Genetics, Stomach Cancer, Stomachless

What I have been looking into lately is the identities that come on this side of cancer. What identity do we latch onto as we fight and then we get the news that we are cancer free but the identification stays with us without any thought. One particular identity,...
Return to Love

Return to Love

by Gastrectomy Connections | Oct 2, 2020 | Stomach Cancer, Stomachless, Total Gastrectomy

With surgery comes a lot of emotional baggage. In the midst of health issues we are very focused on healing our physical bodies as well as trying to reassure those around us that ‘everything is going be to okay’ even if we are unsure of that ourselves. Our emotional...
Trust Your Gut Feelings

Trust Your Gut Feelings

by Gastrectomy Connections | Oct 2, 2020 | Cancer Survivor, Stomach Cancer, Stomachless Living, Total Gastrectomy

Hi my name is Denise I live in Long Island New York, My story is one of positivity from the way I handled the initial diagnosis and made choices to remain focused, positive, and faithful throughout my entire journey.  I have called it my wellness journey from the...
Let Go and Let God

Let Go and Let God

by Gastrectomy Connections | Oct 2, 2020 | Cancer Survivor, Stomachless, Stomachless Living, Total Gastrectomy

I watched a documentary on Netflix called End Game . An MD by the name of BJ Miller talks about his accident and how it took him several years to stop comparing his old body to his new body. When his body became the whole him, rather than him missing limbs he stopped...
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