“She succumbed to the exact same cancer that I had been lucky enough to survive. Could this really be the only aspect of our experience that led to our differing outcomes...luck? My god luck? Her bad luck? Seems unfair, right? Well, it is.”
Source: Cancer Is for Older People: How Young Minds Beat an Old Disease
“Terri understood...he had to dig deep, beyond the walls and layers of pain and frustration, and reach into that place that held both vulnerability and power; the place where dreams were real and being cancer free was a reality.”
Source: The Day the Cancer Quit: A True Story of Surviving Stage IV Pancreatic Cancer
“Where is the support and guidance for what comes after the treatment? Shouldn’t someone prepare us for what comes next?”
Source: The Cancer Misfit: A Guide to Navigating Life After Treatment
“Flaws are but shadows that fade in mercy’s light; scars remain as gentle witnesses of a steadfast soul.”
Source: The Light in the Heart
“There needs to be more guidance and support for the next part of the cancer journey, otherwise we survive the treatment only to get back into life and fall straight flat on our faces.”
Source: The Cancer Misfit: A Guide to Navigating Life After Treatment
“Those of us who have been through cancer know that surviving treatment isn’t where the journey ends. In fact, for many of us, this is when the hardest part of the cancer journey begins.”
Source: The Cancer Misfit: A Guide to Navigating Life After Treatment
“Stop trying to find the person you used to be because, quite simply, you aren’t that person anymore.
In order to truly move on after treatment, you must learn to embrace who you are now and stop trying to go back to a normal that is no longer there.”
Source: The Cancer Misfit: A Guide to Navigating Life After Treatment
“This book will help you to accept and understand that during the cancer journey, when you were focused on staying alive, a beautiful transformation was taking place deep within you. It will introduce you to the person you have become and show you the way to find a new life; a life that is full of confidence, happiness and peace.”
Source: The Cancer Misfit: A Guide to Navigating Life After Treatment
“The Cancer Misfit is for survivors who feel confused, misunderstood, isolated, overwhelmed, fearful or anxious after treatment. It is a life raft for survivors who have finished cancer treatment – whether that was last week, last month, last year or ten years ago – and are struggling with what comes next. It is a guidebook to living your best life, even after going through cancer treatment, and even if you still have cancer.”
Source: The Cancer Misfit: A Guide to Navigating Life After Treatment
“Cancer was my metamorphosis.”
Source: The Cancer Misfit: A Guide to Navigating Life After Treatment