Cancer Truth Note: #14
Cancer is not your fault.
We view so much of life through the lens of fault and shame. No one says I am going to do x so that I get cancer. NO ONE. While you might have a potential causal link or even a likely link, most doctors will tell you we can’t be 100% sure of what caused this. The one thing I can say for sure is that it is not your fault. If we can release this idea of fault, healing and forward momentum seems to happen more quickly and even more effortlessly. When we are in a space of the “cancer is a thing I am dealing with not a thing that is happening to me” we can take the next step and the next and keep moving forward doing the next good thing that is going to help navigate through the situation from a place of empowerment not a place of shame. Where can you be empowered today?
Continue the conversation in the facebook group Surviving is JUST the Beginning or follow me on Instagram.
Additional Truths
Cancer Truth Notes: #365
Cancer Truth Note: #365 Seven years ago today I finished chemo. Then I learned that treatment is not the end of the journey. Surviving is JUST the beginning. I really thought, “GREAT. I am done with this part. I should be back to full strength in 3 weeks and be fine...
Cancer Truth Notes: #364
Cancer Truth Note: #364 Remember depression, anxiety, fear of recurrence, and other mental health challenges are common side effects for cancer survivors. These may show up more strongly as the days get shorter and colder here in the northern hemisphere. If you are...
Cancer Truth Notes: #363
Cancer Truth Note: #363 We don’t always see the impacts cancer treatments are having on us clearly, but most of the time if something is off you know it. Maybe tasks that were easy are now harder to process. Maybe your memory is not working like it used to. Maybe you...