Naomi Damask was diagnosed with breast cancer 13 years ago while raising young children. She reframed the diagnosis as a gift, diving into research about her body and cancer while balancing green juices and personal beliefs with conventional medical treatment.
It was 13 and almost 13 and a half years ago that I heard those words that you never want to hear is, I'm sorry, it's cancer. And at the time, I had two little girls. One was in preschool and one was in first grade. And I just, of course, bald and bald and bald. I was just like, why me, Lord? Why me? And then I sort of flipped it, like, all right, Lord, this is a gift. And my husband was like, I'm sorry, this is not a gift. Like, what are you talking about? I'm like, it is. And I was like, I'm going to find all the silver linings about this diagnosis. There is a reason why this is happening to me, and for me is like, a big thing. I like to say things happen for us. And it has. I have seen how many people's lives I've been able to touch and change. And cancer is not a scary thing. We put so much fear into it. But really understanding how our bodies work, I was like, I'm going to talk to every single person out there that has ever experienced this. I want to know what their journey was like. And I might start to do my own research. And my husband was like, you can green juice all you want, but you have two invasive tumors. Your doctors are telling you to do these things. We live in the city of Chicago with some of the best doctors. You have to listen to them.
