by Solis Cancer Community | Oct 30, 2020 | Latest News, Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Health, My Story
Intuition. Some of you may be wondering what this has to do with cancer; I know I definitely would have been at the beginning of this whole journey. You may have decided to go with everything that your oncology team offered you, and there is of course absolutely...
by Solis Cancer Community | Jun 12, 2020 | Latest News, Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Health, My Story
Most of us have heard this quote, that we can’t know how deep out strength goes unless it is tested. It can sound pretty cliché, and I always thought so, until mine was actually tested. When cancer came knocking on the door of my life, I discovered that there is...
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 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 | 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...