Bridges Newsletter: Fall 2022, v. 59
| | Bridges Newsletter: Winter 2023, v. 59
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| | | | | | | | Winter 2023, v. 59 | | | | CONNECTING CANCER SURVIVORS |
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| | | | | | Miracle Me | | | | It was a Tuesday, on March 25, 2014 — my sophomore year in high school — when I was called out of my last period class because my mom was picking me up … very much out of the ordinary. I got in the car and was told we were going to the hospital to biopsy my right shoulder. A week prior, I had an MRI because of pain that I would feel when playing softball. Never did I think that pain would be cancer | | | | | | |
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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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| | | | | 'There Is No Health Without Mental Health’ | | Eliza: It is difficult to choose a beginning when I do not know what the ending will be. It was a seemingly normal day — I just finished the third year of my doctoral training and was turning 30 alongside two of my closest friends; we were planning an international trip together. But what followed was a phone call that changed the course of my life, like a tornado violently touching the ground. I was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and quickly started treatment with multiple chemotherapies, followed by a double umbilical cord stem cell transplant.
Dr. Barnett: Start with right now, and the words you have today. Eliza describes eloquently how after diagnosis her life instantly was about staying alive, survival in a new world, and learning a new language. In psychotherapy, like cancer treatment, I find that one does not need to know all the questions, the right words, or language to understand and express their experience
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| | | | | Resource Review: Martial Arts | | “Martial arts” is an umbrella term for the many practices developed globally thousands of years ago for combat and self-defense, formulated and refined to achieve peak physical, mental, and spiritual growth. As civilization grew, martial arts expanded beyond training for warriors on the battlefield to organized methods of education and personal growth. The range of martial arts is as varied as the range of cultures around the world and has evolved to serve multiple purposes, such as sports, entertainment, law enforcement, military training, self-defense, and spiritual enlightenment. The founding warrior virtues of honor, loyalty, and dedication are inherent in martial arts. These qualities can be powerful guiding and motivating forces during challenging times in our lives, such as during cancer. They summon the will and fortitude to face adversity and challenges with an added sense of purpose, love, and service.
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