After 3 bouts with serious cancer and later losing one of my lungs to infections, I am embracing a period of some stable health and trying to make the best of it.

I have had 4 incidences of breast cancer over the past 20 years. I have been extremely fortunate to have been able to treat the cancer each time but it is a whirlwind. I find I have cancer and then there are consultations and research to figure out the best way to attack it, all as quickly as possible. I feel like I set flight with treatments, hoping for the best but never knowing where things will land. I do try to think of cancer and treatments as part of my journey and I try to find joy in the journey. This is what this artwork means to me.

Whirlwind

This piece expresses feelings surrounding 4 major thoracic surgeries in 2.5 years-including the removal of my right lung.

Gearing Up for Life

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August 20th, 2019

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