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Expressing the Cancer Journey
Time to set up your easel.
In partnership with the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship, Eli Lilly and Co. presents the 2008 “Lilly Oncology on Canvas: Expressions of a Cancer Journey” international art competition and exhibition. The deadline for entries is June 30.
Lilly Oncology on Canvas is a biennial art competition and exhibition created in 2004 to honor the journeys people face when confronted with a cancer diagnosis. The program invites people diagnosed with any type of cancer, their families, friends, caregivers, and healthcare providers to express, through art and narrative, “the life-affirming changes that give their cancer journey meaning.”
Art from the 2006 competition is now on tour, stopping at cancer centers, hospitals, physicians’ offices and advocacy headquarters in almost 200 cities around the world. Entry forms, the exhibit tour schedule and pictures of nearly 500 pieces of art from the 2006 competition can be found at www.lillyoncologyoncanvas.com.
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Order a ReprintAfter having chemotherapy and finally getting healthy, I read everything: quantum physics to string theory to cosmology and Plato. And I really found spirituality in myself and in my soul. … I think we’re all meant to go through a spiritual awakening. That’s where I’m at right now.
One More year
You were right;
I was wrong.
I prophesied death.
But you said:
“I need time,
at least one year
to rake the thatch,
to plant the seeds
of this year’s garden,
to write letters
to my daughter’s unborn son,
to clean the attic,
and blow the dust off
ancient heirlooms,
assigning each
to those I love.
It’s not easy
to weave a legacy.
It takes patience and thought,
talented fingers, an experienced eye.
For now,
I refuse to die.”
By Corey Langer, MD
Langer, the medical director of thoracic oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, is the immediate past president of Delaware Valley Poets in Mercer County, N.J.
CancerCare for Your Spirit
CancerCare offers a free publication titled “Strengthening the Spirit” as well as a podcast of the telephone education workshop “Nurturing the Spirit With Love, Meaning and Hope.” Both provide guidance and tips on how to explore your spiritual side, such as taking time regularly to meditate or pray and keeping a journal to express your feelings, thoughts and memories. According to the podcast, “65 to 90 percent of those diagnosed with cancer say that religion is important to them and that it helps them to cope.” For details, visit www.cancercare.org.
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