On taking a mental health break from cancer in order to rekindle a sense of hope.
Susan F
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Susan F was unwillingly thrust into the world of metastatic breast cancer after a routine mammogram in 2012. She uses her powers of persuasion, knowledge and writing for good in hopes of helping others similarly affected. She is a patient advocate, volunteering with METAvivor (metavivor.org), a volunteer organization raising funds for research in metastatic breast cancer.
Articles by Susan F
Even after the longest storm, there are moments of hope and rest.
Only medical research can beat cancer, and the tragedy of cancer deaths cannot be softened.
Cancer is not an identity or a label.
It shouldn't have taken a cancer diagnosis to believe I'm worth loving, but it did.
Staying hopeful when others are dying of the same disease is one of the most challenging aspects of cancer.
My mother chose to live by asking for help, and so can I.
The ability to choose a compassionate death helps me to live in the moment I have now.
HOPE IS HARD TO FIND IN A CANCER WARD, especially when the news is stage 4 metastatic breast cancer to the liver.
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