Survive

Over the last few years I have had a lot of cancer patients ask me for advice about how to survive treatment and how to survive cancer.  I don't know much...but here is what I do know for sure:

Stay as active as you can.  My trainer, who also happens to be a cancer survivor, has helped me get stronger and stronger.  I started working with her when I started chemo and have never stopped.  When I feel physically strong, I feel mentally strong too.

This guy was my secret to never missing a chemo treatment.  My oncologist recommended him for accupuncture twice a week throughout treatment to manage side effects.  I still go once a month for a tune up, because living without a rectum has its own challenges.  Enough said.

This great therapist taught me all about rational thought, and how thinking my cancer will return is not. rational. thought.  
Big T calls the above three the trifecta of cancer weapons.  

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York checks my Vitamin D level every three months.  It must be important, right? 

I spend some time every day with my creator.  This chapel is my usual spot...but it could be anywhere.  Friends, I should actually list this first instead of last, because it is the most important.  Especially during survivorship... Amen. Hallelujah!