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...
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...
Repost from @ranelovesyoga I’m a bit self conscious about how I look, which makes me wonder what the heck I’m doing, putting myself front and centre in all of these videos and all of these photos. But I woke up this morning to an amazing message from a guy...
My story begins in the Spring 2007 with my first symptoms. I first started to feel an increased amount of fatigue and was having small amounts of pain while swallowing food. Occasional reflux sent me to my primary care physician where he initially diagnosed as stress...
My cancer journey started in 2010 when I was diagnosed with DCIS breast cancer. I had a mastectomy and 13 months of Herceptin treatments then several reconstruction surgeries that followed. I thought my cancer experience was over until April 30, 2018 when I was...
This photo came up on my Facebook news feed today. It was taken 8 years ago, almost exactly one week before I found out I had stomach cancer and my life was about to change forever. Knowing what I know now, what would I go back and tell my past self? So I decided to...
