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 Solis Cancer Community | Jul 23, 2021 | Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Health, My Story
My cancerversary always looms large in my mind as the day approaches. I usually get quite reflective and think a lot about the previous year, how I’ve changed, how my life has changed, and what role my cancer experience has played in those changes. This year felt...
by Solis Cancer Community | Jul 9, 2021 | Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Health, My Story
I remember when…I was first diagnosed. I remember how terrified yet numb I felt. It’s such an odd emotional place to be in; odd, and no fun at all. I had no idea what to expect, and it was all I could do to follow their instructions and get to my car, get to the...
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 | 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...
