Thursday, December 09, 2010

Health Crisis and the Climb Back Up!

Here's the post I made on Facebook:

"Thank you for all of the emails over the last 5 weeks. Just after Halloween I was diagnosed with triple positive breast cancer and have been very focused on taking the necessary steps to wellness. It's crazy fast once one gets this news-surgery 2 weeks ago, chemo starts next week. The way I see it, the cancer is off of me, and in the office of sick and dying people getting chemo, I'll be the happy, healthy person."

It was succinct in that 420 character limit imposed by fb, but there's more to the story. There's "Enlightenment" in this story.

One of the first friends to learn of my situation was Chanté Shiwa Shanti of Sacred Energy Medicine (http://sacredenergymedicine.com)... poor thing! She experienced my face of grief, yet took that moment to say, "Whoa! Wait a minute! This diagnosis is not who you are!" And the journey began.

Over the next few posts I will discuss some of the self-exploration I did, guided by Chanté and those closest to me. It was a time of grace and blessings - a time to recognize that reflections are in mirrors and broken glass - and a time when Spirit chooses to die or to LIVE!