“Without hair, A queen is still a queen’.”
“As moms we put ourselves last all of the time. Now is the time to stop that. For the next few months in treatment, your life and your family's lives will revolve around how you feel, so make sure you do things that make you feel good. Find food you like, a God you trust, and friends that support you.”
Source: Chemo, Cupcakes and Carpools
“Illness was a monster that out of nowhere jumped on you with its claws out.”
Source: The Good Mother of Marseille
“Inside I was freaking out! OMG! His hair is falling out! This just got real.”
Source: Cancer Is for Older People: How Young Minds Beat an Old Disease
“I was given fluid and another blood transfusion, after which I felt like I could conquer the world! This process would become my normal: chemo, get horribly sick, trip to Assessment, fluid, blood transfusion, feel better.”
Source: Cancer Is for Older People: How Young Minds Beat an Old Disease
“I never let anyone see me cry or feel sorry for myself. Attitude and the will to live is so important during and after treatment that if you don't have a good attitude or a strong will to live, treatment doesn't work.”
Source: Cancer Is for Older People: How Young Minds Beat an Old Disease
“We are the crazy, cool cancer misfits trying to find our way after the terrible trauma of treatment. We are everywhere. We are a tribe without even knowing it.”
Source: The Cancer Misfit: A Guide to Navigating Life After Treatment
“Free Your Mind
Be mindful of negativity
Negative thoughts become obsessions
Obsessions become deep emotions
Emotions become painful
Pain becomes cancerous to the body
Free the mind from poison”
Source: Island Mindfulness: How to Use the Transformational Power of Mindfulness to Create an Abundant Life
“Grace is most clearly seen in a heart that remains gentle where life has sought to harden it.”
Source: The Light in the Heart
“Those of us who have been through cancer know that surviving treatment isn’t where the cancer journey ends. In fact, for many of us, this is where the hardest part of the journey begins.”
Source: The Cancer Misfit: A Guide to Navigating Life After Treatment