Choosing how to share your cancer journey
When you're diagnosed with cancer, there is no right or wrong way to handle your diagnosis. Just because I acted one way doesn't mean that's the right way or the way anyone else should do it.
Once we receive a cancer diagnosis, we all have to decide if this is something we're going to share with a lot of people. My cervical cancer battle was very public in my community. When I think back to why, I'm not sure...
How cancer changed the way I use my time
The saying about time being a precious gift has been on my mind since I recently visited with my 101- year-old grandmother. She saw me texting...
How I beat cervical cancer
When I talk with others who have received a cancer diagnosis, they often want to know what my secret was. What did I do to survive cervical...
Cervical cancer survivor: How I find motivation
My most recent goal was to watch a marathon. Yes, watch.
I know that watching the race will motivate me to run another one. In 2011, I completed my first marathon. Four weeks later I found an enlarged lymph node that indicated my cervical cancer was back.
It's been almost two years since I finished the eight rounds of chemotherapy that it took to rid my body of the disease. Now, need to prove to myself...
