No One Fights Alone
This article is written by Scott Sanders, creator of CancerWell.org, which provides resources and support for anyone who has been affected by any form of cancer. CieloCielo Superticioso, is the author of The Cancer Voice Asia created last August 2017. She starts the advocacy of The Cancer Voice after she successfully beat cancer in Saigon, Vietnam …
When the news comes in your house that your spouse, sibling, parent or anyone you love the most in your life has cancer it brings you also to an emotional trauma. No one ever likes to hear the 6-letter word cancer. Upon hearing those words is like tearing anyone’s heart apart and even you too …
Life is a series of moments called NOW. “Now, what?” What the hell I am going to do now? Have you already asked yourself like this? Surviving from any traumatic experiences, such as abuse (sexual, physical, or emotional), neglect, life-threatening accidents, separation, loss of loved ones, and cancer — making a new beginning is never easy. …
There is more to life than being happy. You may say that I am one of the most unfortunate persons in the world that had experienced different life’s prejudice one after another. Well, you are right, I am one of them and also one of them that make these traumatic events help me grow as …
An Avid Gym Bunny Meet Zoe, a 30-year-old avid gym bunny from the UK. If you could imagine yourself now being a shy and doubtful person, take Zoe for example, once she has always been the one who felt not confident enough, not good enough, was anxious and very, very shy. Now if you met her …
Hello dear readers! So this time, I would like to discuss about this topic (if you are keen on “talking it over” after you read this article) about PTSD. But before I will continue, I want to be clear to everyone that this topic is about psychiatry/neurology and I don’t have any medical background to …
A man shouting for freedom from pain. Photo courtesy by Tony Rojas on Unsplash We all fall down. Whether we are healthy or not, rich or poor, young or old. There are times that we have to fall lower than we have ever been, to stand up taller than we ever were. There are times we …
Human contact cannot be overestimated! This was the exact sentence from another cancer survivor to me in one of the fora in the social media where we share experiences and victories. I shared my latest blog, a letter to my friend whose cancer is back right after her second surgery with her recurrence tumor in …
Back from those days where I was afraid to deal with anything real until I’ve got to face a painful reality that I could not really imagine how to deal with. What’s the painful reality? That I — am sick, alone, and dying — anytime soon! Hearing those three little words, “You have cancer” makes …
This is a personal story of one of the people who are close to me and just recently had her 2nd surgery. Her recovery is still in progress but we had noticed a remarkable progression from her. You don’t know how strong this lady is. I salute her braveness despite the agonizing pain she felt …