While cancer can strip or challenge our life roles and identity, I hope we all remember that we are more than a patient, more than a statistic, and that we can learn something new about ourselves.
PUBLISHED October 24, 2018
Tamera Anderson-Hanna is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Certified Addiction Professional, Certified Rehabilitation Counselor and became a Registered Yoga Teacher while coping with breast cancer in 2015. She owns Wellness, Therapy, & Yoga in Florida where she provides personal wellness services and coaching and she is a public speaker on wellness-related topics. You can connect with her at www.wellnesstherapyyoga.com.
I had been trying to think of a way to summarize my feelings about a recent accomplishment I have been very happy to be part of. Beyond having a list of positive and energetic emotions, I would say it is about being more than a patient.
Cancer can have a real impact on our life. Beyond fear and uncertainty, it can strip us of our identity, as we might be unable to participate in the duties associated with our life roles. In my case, my journey and healing impacted my ability to be a wife, mother, co-worker and community member. The disease also had permanent impacts on my body.
Cancer can have a real impact on our life. Beyond fear and uncertainty, it can strip us of our identity, as we might be unable to participate in the duties associated with our life roles. In my case, my journey and healing impacted my ability to be a wife, mother, co-worker and community member. The disease also had permanent impacts on my body.
Cancer procedures introduced me to fatigue and setbacks in healing, and I was unable to go to work. Since I was not medically cleared to drive, I couldn’t escort my children to and from their typical activities. I was grounded, as if I was a rebellious adolescent sent to sit in time-out.
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