Do parts of being in a pandemic feel familiar to you? Yet you have never been in one before? One cancer survivor suggests that's because those who have been on the cancer journey have experienced this before.
PUBLISHED MAY 19, 2020
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.
Listening to people's fears about COVID-19 feels oddly familiar. It feels unlike my favorite coffee mug or cozy sweater. Yet it is as common to me as those items. It took me a while to draw the line. To understand why my bells weren't going off and I wasn't full of dread. Please don't misunderstand, I am well aware of COVID-19 and the dangers it brings.
I was driving down the road thinking about how people around me were reacting, or not reacting. As I rolled up to the stop sign, it hit me. This phrase came crashing into my head - "Welcome to my world".
As cancer survivors, we are often too well aware of what it feels like to navigate impending doom. We know what it's like to do all you can, yet still, feel like you are succumbing to an invisible foe.
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