| | Bridges Newsletter: Winter 2020, v. 51
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|  | | | | | | Winter 2021, v. 51 |  | | CONNECTING CANCER SURVIVORS |
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|  |  | | Cover Story: Tragedy into Triumph | | | | In May 2016, I was diagnosed with stage II prostate cancer, and it nearly destroyed my life. After several months of pain and suffering, I had a prostatectomy. For the next few days, I sat in my apartment in a daze. Then one morning, I opened my window and a gust of wind swept across my face: It felt like pure bliss. For the first time in my life, I started to appreciate the feel of the wind. | | | | | | |
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| | | Bridges: A Newsletter for Survivors | | | Bridges, Memorial Sloan Kettering’s newsletter for survivors, offers a forum where patients and their families can share stories of inspiration and hope, and of the challenges that can accompany a cancer journey. | | | | | |
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| | Health Screenings | | | Even during the COVID‑19 pandemic, it’s important to maintain your normal cancer screening schedule, vaccinations, and other preventive care. Talk to your care team today to review your screening plan and make an appointment. MSK continues to provide a safe environment for you and your loved ones. Your treatments and routine screenings are essential, and our team is here for you and always will be. | | |
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 | | | | Ask the Survivor: Changes in Survivorship | | What changes to your lifestyle did you experience in survivorship?
I implemented tiny steps to change my approach to the tasks that were overwhelming for me. Hosting large family gatherings became impossible as a survivor. That was something hard to give up. Why? It wasn’t the shopping or cooking and cleaning that gave me pleasure. It was about the closeness and connected feelings of loved ones.
If I gave up work, could I still find that feeling? Small gatherings were the solution. | |
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 | | | | I Feel Like a Butterfly | | (Poem)
Every night I wrap up in my favorite cocoon a sky-blue wool blanket
Warm, cozy comfortable as a newborn baby in mommie’s womb All my troubles, stresses are being laid to rest, it’s called bedtime
Drifting off to sleep a feeling of peace starting to invade my soul
I know this moment was surely coming, meant to be, just as I am
I hear and love the soft flutterings of my heartbeats as I settle down
I’m not afraid, as my body relaxes into mindlessness
Freedom to soar above and beyond, roaming the stratosphere | |
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