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 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 | Dec 31, 2019 | My Story
There is something quite final about this day. Time moving on, holidays coming to a close, another year over. I wanted to take a little time today to reflect on the year that I have had. It has been really quite astounding when I think about it. We have a tendency to...
by Solis Cancer Community | Nov 22, 2019 | Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Health, My Story, Uncategorized
I was having dinner with a dear group of friends this week. We all met in a breast cancer support group, and though we have all moved on and don’t attend the group anymore, we get together as much as we can to reconnect, catch up, and of course talk cancer. Finding...
by Solis Cancer Community | Nov 14, 2019 | Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Health, Uncategorized
Cancer. It brings so much change with it. In literally an instant your life is forever altered. Before, you’re mostly thinking about your friends, your family, your job, the plans you have coming up this weekend. After, all of that gets obliterated, and all that is...
by Solis Cancer Community | Oct 24, 2019 | Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Health, Relationships and Cancer
Being diagnosed with cancer can be isolating and lonely, and I felt this acutely in part because of my young age. I’ve written before about the difficulty of relating to others post-diagnosis, and this feeling fits in there. It feels indescribably odd to receive a...