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 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...
by Solis Cancer Community | Mar 27, 2020 | Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Health, Relationships and Cancer
As many will know, this winter I was lucky enough to cross something big off of my bucket list: a two-month trip to Southeast Asia. That in and of itself was extremely special; getting to see the beauty of parts of the world I had never explored before and getting to...
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 | 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...
by Solis Cancer Community | Oct 11, 2019 | Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Health, My Story
This can be a polarizing one, and it’s a topic that receives much debate between those who believe it does and those who don’t. Personally, I do believe everything happens for a reason and I almost always have, ever since I was a teenager struggling to get over the...