Learn how the pain through the trauma of cancer can transform in positive ways.
PUBLISHED March 05, 2019
Jeannine Walston is a brain tumor survivor since 1998, cancer coach, writer, consultant and speaker. Her extensive work includes for the U.S. Congress, cancer non-profits, NCI, FDA, NIH National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, hospitals, clinics, doctors, providers, other businesses, cancer patients and caregivers.
During January in Los Angeles this year, I was in a car accident in the rain. Shaking inside and crying, my physical and psychological crisis shattered me. As I processed the chaos, aspects emerged about trauma around my brain tumor journey.
I was only 24 years old when diagnosed with a brain tumor. I remember the disconnect as I tried to process my new reality while enduring the possibilities about dying. I had no idea how to deal with this lack of control. Before, during and after my first awake brain surgery in 1998, as well as over the last 20-plus years with more treatments and other factors, I’ve experienced more trauma.
I was only 24 years old when diagnosed with a brain tumor. I remember the disconnect as I tried to process my new reality while enduring the possibilities about dying. I had no idea how to deal with this lack of control. Before, during and after my first awake brain surgery in 1998, as well as over the last 20-plus years with more treatments and other factors, I’ve experienced more trauma.
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