by Solis Cancer Community | May 17, 2024 | Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Health
Rest. It can be a hard thing to get ourselves to do. I don’t know about you, but taking time out brings me a decent level of anxiety. I think it’s likely two things for me: my people pleasing tendencies (I’m a recovering people pleaser, as I like to say) and the...
by Solis Cancer Community | Jul 20, 2022 | Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Health, My Story
Today is my 5-year cancerversary. It’s the big one, the one where they say your risk drops by a significant percent. Breast cancer differs slightly in that it’s the cancer that keeps on giving; it has a tendency to ignore the status quo established by the medical...
by Solis Cancer Community | Aug 20, 2021 | Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Health, Relationships and Cancer
Loss seems to come hand in hand with cancer. We lose a lot personally – our hair, pieces of our physical body, our life before, who we were before – but of course, we also lose people. When I was diagnosed, I was lucky to discover a lot of support organisations. I...
by Solis Cancer Community | Jul 23, 2021 | Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Health, My Story
My cancerversary always looms large in my mind as the day approaches. I usually get quite reflective and think a lot about the previous year, how I’ve changed, how my life has changed, and what role my cancer experience has played in those changes. This year felt...
by Dolores Miller | Jul 16, 2021 | Guest Writings
“What is the meaning of this life?” by Dolores M Miller I pray that I live my last years with moments in sharing love and giving Love. I pray my life has made a difference and will continue to, To my last day on this earth. What is the meaning of your...
by Solis Cancer Community | Jul 9, 2021 | Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Health, My Story
I remember when…I was first diagnosed. I remember how terrified yet numb I felt. It’s such an odd emotional place to be in; odd, and no fun at all. I had no idea what to expect, and it was all I could do to follow their instructions and get to my car, get to the...
