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Advice from the Pro's.

I have been asked to speak to a room of cancer survivors. I have always felt that I could write about anything, but staring in the faces of people who live cancer, who breathe cancer makes me a little stuck. What would you like to hear about from a fellow cancer survivor, and what tone do I take? Any advice from my professional cancer survivors out there. Is there such a thing?

Posted on August 21, 2011 at 8:15:16 PM by Angel (Advice from the Pro's., 2 comments, 846 views)

as a newly diagnosed cancer fighter, I guess I would want you to see the fear in my eyes and just speak to me from your heart. Dont leave out the hard parts, explain the suffering and the triumph and the defeat…
I dunno, maybe thats asking a little much. I know Im scared to death right now and all anyone keeps telling me is I’m strong and I’ll beat this.
But congrats to you, I think it’s a wonderful opportunity.

Posted on August 22, 2011 at 5:21:25 AM by Dawn

I have given a couple of talks before on this topic. People don’t want to hear about your “Personal Hell” as much as they want to hear your personal triumphs on your journey. You didn’t cave in to cancer and it didn’t get the best of you—even though it tried several times—you, your faith, your support helped you through.

People want to hear success—they are already scared—they see you as victory and want to make it too—It’s the old adage, change your life, change your attitude. What would you do if you knew everything was going to be ok? I think the message I got was live today—we don’t know what’s going to happen tomorrow…
Good luck and would love to hear how it goes.

Posted on August 22, 2011 at 10:42:47 AM by Cindy

Swing Batter Batter

I am a die hard St. Louis Cardinals’ fan, and I am a thyroid cancer survivor. I want to share how one has to do with the other. Last Summer when I was going through my darker days of thyroid cancer, I would look out of the window of the hospital after I had my radical neck dissection. I would see the sun shining, and I was close to Busch Stadium. I knew people were scurrying about with their Cardinal red on getting ready to head to the baseball stadium. I was on the “DL” for the season and wasn’t able to attend any more ballgames. My dad made a point to say that baseball comes year after year, and he and I would go to a game as soon as I felt better and as soon as the next season was here.

Guess what! That was today. Here it is about nine months after my surgery, and I got to take in the sounds of the ballpark, the taste of a salty pretzel, and the feeling of thankfulness that I am on the road to feeling better! I may not be hitting home runs, but I am on base and ready to run.

Posted on April 3, 2011 at 8:56:04 PM by Angel (Swing Batter Batter, 8 comments, 1349 views)

Fred sent you a hug.

Great! don’t you love the milestones afyer cancer, they all have meaning and are their for us to enjoy, many more baseball games for you in the future! :)))

Posted on April 3, 2011 at 9:06:04 PM by Valerie

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