This is a guest post by Serena Wills, who has also written about being a caregiver for her mother with Stage IV ovarian cancer. Read that post here, or download our infographic on how not to talk to people with cancer.
This past month was Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, and I wanted to write a special post about a beautiful friend with ovarian cancer that I met in the last year.
Below is a poem by Sandi Spivey, a retired human resource director from California, living with metastatic breast cancer since 1998. She volunteers as a match helpline mentor for others with metastatic breast cancer and blogs at catsncancer.com.
Sandi shared this poem at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium in December 2018.
At First
Cry.
Runners and walkers from around the city gathered at Flushing Meadows Park on Sunday, June 4, for the We Run for Hope 5K/10K Run and Walk. This event, held annually on National Cancer Survivors Day, is a great opportunity to support women with breast or ovarian cancer while also staying fit and active.
On June 8, 2013, SHARE's Ovarian Cancer Helpline Coordinator, Andrea Herzberg, presented her story with the featured expert and survivor panelists at a free educational course offered by The Foundation for Women's Cancer's. The transcript of her speech is below.
As I look back over the thirty-seven years since I was diagnosed with breast cancer, I realize I have learned many things. What learnings are now ingrained in me? I would love to share them with you.
Music can be a great help in times of illness or stress. Some SHARE staff and volunteers share the songs that helped them deal with cancer treatment.
