Life as a cancer survivor can feel like a balancing act. One day you may be dancing with joy, and the next you might be struggling with fear. Support and understanding can come as we help people around us understand the struggle.
PUBLISHED August 14, 2018
Doris Cardwell received a life-changing diagnosis of inflammatory breast cancer in 2007. While undergoing treatment, she co-founded a mentor program for the cancer center treating her. She also created community events to educate, encourage and empower people regarding cancer. Doris was the first Survivorship Community Outreach Liaison for her local cancer center. She is an advocate, educator and encourager on issues facing cancer survivors. Doris is a wife, mother, empty nester, survivor of life and lover of all things coffee. An avid speaker and blogger, she is available at www.justdoris.com.
There are times you might recall being filled with dread as a child, like when you were home alone playing with something you knew you shouldn't and broke it. Maybe when you were called to the principal's office in school, you felt it on that long walk there. Or when you didn't do the chores your mother asked, you to and you heard her pull into the garage. Often, my life post-cancer reminds me of those times.
There are terms that get tossed about like a ball in a ball game: anxiety, survivor's guilt, fear of recurrence. One thing that has been constant for me through it all has been a sense that this game called "Life With Cancer" won't ever be over.
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