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March 23, 2007
| The Aftermath of the First Battle | Views: 167 |
After my doctor declared that I was cancer free, I felt like a new person, like I had a new lease on life, and I was determined to make the most of it.
If anything, facing cancer made me appreciate my family and friends. I became kinder, more giving, listened more, was more compassionate and was ready to love as much as I could. I spent more time with loved ones, volunteered, cooked for friends and family and was even kinder to myself. I tried to take better care of my body. After all this, I felt certain that the cancer was gone forever.
Two years and a broken heart later, I was somewhat disillusioned. Stress and all the petty stuff that normally occurs in my daily life began to wear me down. My altruistic attitude began to change and I was allowing it to happen.
I’m typically an optimistic and upbeat person, but even then I was struggling to not allow little things to change my desire to be kind to others. I think back on all this and I know for sure now that I was struggling because I wasn’t giving myself time to recuperate, to focus on myself.
Despite that, I thought I was doing fine, especially physically…until I began to experience back pain.
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Juliette Randall 
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