by Solis Cancer Community | Mar 19, 2020 | Exercise
We all know how important exercise is for lowering recurrence risks, and so I wanted to share with you some of the ways I will be exercising over the next few weeks while we’re in COVID-19 social isolation. Since I live in Canada where it can get pretty damn cold in...
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 28, 2019 | Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Health
If you’re here reading this, I likely don’t need to tell you what a rollercoaster cancer is. The emotions are intense and all over the damn place. The initial fear, shock, and disbelief eventually give way to confusion and different fears, likely some anger and...
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 | 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...
