by Solis Cancer Community | May 7, 2021 | Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Health, My Story
When my MRI results came back clear last year, I had an unexpected reaction to them. You can read all about it here, but basically, I felt this wave of confusing and mixed emotions. There was the happiness and relief of course, but then came twinges of sadness, grief...
by Solis Cancer Community | Dec 18, 2020 | Latest News, Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Health, My Story
What a year it has been. Oomph. It’s been incredibly hard for so many people for so many different reasons. And when we have years like this, those soul-crushing, existence-questioning, normalcy-out-the-damn-window years, we can’t wait to jump into the new one...
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 | Oct 16, 2020 | Latest News, Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Health
I was substitute teaching at a school today that I don’t go to very often. There is a subconscious reason for that, I’m realizing now. I was on my way there this morning, and this crazy sense of dejavu came over me. Not just dejavu, where you can see in your mind...
by Solis Cancer Community | May 8, 2020 | Diet and Anti-Cancer Foods, Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Health
The day I was diagnosed with breast cancer was the most stressful day of my life, as I’m sure you can imagine. I was 28, alone at the appointment, and felt completely sideswiped. I was shocked. I was scared. My brain went into autopilot. Thinking back on it now, I am...
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...
