Cancer: a scary word, a disease that disrupts a course. Why Doctor has collected the testimonies of patients whose lives have changed positively after this ordeal. Today, the testimony of Luz, suffering from advanced stage breast cancer.
“5 years ago to the day, my certainties were shattered. When I was 7 months pregnant, in Olympic form and very enthusiastic to start a new job, I learned that I had advanced stage (stage 3B) breast cancer. I thought I was at rock bottom. Then I learned that I was genetically predisposed to cancer and that my chances of survival in 5 years were 30%. J I was KO, on the ground… My eldest was 7 years old, my daughter was one year old, my baby was born prematurely and we crossed paths in neonatal care at random from my many medical appointments where I was hanging out with a cesarean section scar still alive. I wondered if I would see them grow.
“Could my life go back to the way it was?”
And even if I did, could my life ever go back to the way it was? Today, I have the answer: my life has never gone back to how it was before. At first I got used to this new me. Physically, after 3 years of treatment and surgeries, I manage day by day the stigmata of the disease and the 70 cm of scars that have recomposed my body. But psychologically, the transformation was even more drastic and in a strangely positive way. Yes I have been weakened and I feel vulnerable. But above all, I acquired the conviction that life was worth living to the full. This feeling of absorbing life through all its pores. This sensation of feeling the energy that circulates in this neighbor who greets us, the wind in the branches, my child who laughs and the cells of my body which quiver with the happiness of being there. I am this ball of energy and it is I who choose my path. Because ultimately, the biggest obstacle on the path of life is yourself. Our fears, our doubts, our limiting beliefs stand in our way. A small stone stands in front of us and it’s a mountain!
“The Life I Want to Live”
Strangely, these famous 30% gave me an unexpected and unexpected freedom. Admittedly, I don’t have control over whether or not I’m in the 30% survivors, but I have control over choosing what life I want to live, where I invest my energy or not. 5 years later, I created my box of consultant, trainer and coach. I start an activity that I shaped in my own way. I manage my constraints but above all I feed on exchanges with those around me. 5 years later, my children are 5, 6 and 12 years old and fill me up.
I wanted to share my story with you. I created this platform to offer to all those who, suffering from cancer, have renewed themselves, re-energized themselves, have been invigorated. I call them “cancer bloomers”. They can post their #cancerbloomer story on this Facebook page and with the hashtag #CmyNewMe. And for those who are still in the disease, I wanted to give you a glimpse of a future where you will not only wonder if everything will ever go back to the way it was BEFORE, but rather what can you build beautiful AFTER” .
Luz d’Ans
To read more testimonials or tell your story, go to Facebook page CmyNewMeWhere CmyNewMe.com website. A book bringing together these stories of rebirth is in the process of being published.
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