by Solis Cancer Community | May 8, 2020 | Diet and Anti-Cancer Foods, Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Health
The day I was diagnosed with breast cancer was the most stressful day of my life, as I’m sure you can imagine. I was 28, alone at the appointment, and felt completely sideswiped. I was shocked. I was scared. My brain went into autopilot. Thinking back on it now, I am...
by Solis Cancer Community | Apr 30, 2020 | Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Health, My Story
I just got my third annual MRI results, and, thank goodness, they were completely normal. It always takes a few minutes for the news to sink in. I hang up the phone. I text Jesse and my family right away. And then the tears gently start to fall. And then not so...
by Solis Cancer Community | Apr 24, 2020 | Diet and Anti-Cancer Foods
I have always been a little bit of a picky eater. It’s more of a texture thing for me than anything else; things that are slimy or stringy I have a really hard time with, like cooked greens, squash, or okra. So, you can imagine my initial response to kombucha, with...
by Solis Cancer Community | Apr 14, 2020 | Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Health, My Story
Last week, I talked about some of the more obvious things from the experience of a cancer patient that we can look to for tips on getting through the COVID-19 pandemic (find that Part 1 post here). Then there are the less visible or obvious things, which are all of...
by Solis Cancer Community | Apr 11, 2020 | Alternative Treatments and Therapies, My Story
I think it’s pretty clear to everyone that we are in unprecedented times, for us. The world has faced something similar before, true, with epidemics like the Spanish Flu and the Bubonic Plague, but no one, or very few, alive right now remembers the last time a virus...
by Solis Cancer Community | Apr 3, 2020 | Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Health, My Story
I’m sure I am not alone in feeling like I have had a lot more time for thinking and reflection lately. In the midst of COVID-19 and having to isolate and social distance, there have been many more quiet moments filling my days than usual. And on top of that, crises...
