All of my trust is in my body
Patient |
Patient
Change you can count on
Patient |
Poem: Change
Patient |
The answer comes, strong and clear: you’ll do what you have to do
Patient |
Every day felt like a gift
Patient |
This strength has brought me this far
Patient |
My strength comes from my faith and my family and friends. But there are moments, as I recently experienced while hospitalized, of visceral terror at the thought of my life ending. I am fortunate to have the family and friends that I have who help remind me that I am strong and that this strength has brought me this far.
| CommentPoem: Strength
Patient |
I keep going because I focus on today
Patient |
I have Cowden’s disease. I have been treated for breast, colon, skin cancer, and non-Hodgkin Lymphoma. My first diagnosis of cancer was in 1997. I will be celebrating my 65th birthday in August. I often wonder how I keep the strength to keep going. I work full time and help care for my grand child. Continue…
| CommentI wish there would be more honesty and candor
Patient |
Wish is a difficult topic for me! I wish I never got cancer!!! If we contain “wish” to just the parameter of When We Talk About Cancer then it is a little more manageable. In my own life when my healthcare team, Continue…
| 1 Comment | CommentPoem: Gifts
Patient |
Wishes turn out to be a reflection of the person
Patient |
One word that inspires hope in most of us is the word WISH. Whether it is used as noun or a verb, this double-duty word depicts a desire to attain something that seems unattainable at that space and time. Wishes evolve as we walk the journey through life. They are a culmination of who we are, how we live and how we aspire to be. Continue…
| 1 Comment | CommentI would never consider cancer to be a gift.
Patient |
I would never consider cancer to be a gift. It is not a gift but a scourge. That being said, the response to my diagnosis has been Continue…
| 4 Comments | CommentYou are so strong and brave!
Patient |
When I was going through treatment, people would tell “you are so strong and brave!” Although I was complimented by their comment, at the same time I thought, Continue…
| 4 Comments | CommentSilver Linings of Cancer
Patient |
Poem: Wish
Patient |