Rebeccah Silence survived 23 surgeries and chemotherapy and says a cancer diagnosis shouldn't define you. She warns against believing statistics about your outcome, urges you to advocate for yourself, and stresses that setting ruthless boundaries and taking healing one step at a time matters more than jumping to some distant finish line.
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You are not a statistic and you cannot let a diagnosis define you. Don't call it my cancer, please. I never said, you know, my cancer, like it was part of my identity or part of me. I had a diagnosis. I had active cancer in my body running rampant to the point where chemo And 23 surgeries later, you get to see me on the other side of it. But it, it wasn't supposed to look like it looks right now. The doctors continuously told me the statistics and reminded me I probably wasn't going to make it. Advocate for yourself and listen to your body. You know, you are worth investing in it. So if you're someone who's had a, had a hard time like investing in yourself or receiving support, Now is the time where you've got to let yourself invest in support and receive support. Let yourself receive love and support and let yourself receive the power inside of you and let you guide you. If now isn't the time to say no to the BS that you don't feel like matters, come on, it's okay. Say no to what doesn't matter. Say yes to what honors and respects and takes care of you. And all you need is one step at a time. You do not need to get from A to Z. You got to meet yourself in the moment. And what honors and respects and takes care of me right now? And then in the next moment, meet yourself there. What honors and respects and takes care of me now? I had to tell people, if you're going to treat me like I'm sick and dying, speak to me like I'm sick and dying, see me as sick and dying, I'm going to tell you, you don't get access to me. I want ruthless with boundaries and you in charge of the mission called your life. And I want you to meet a next level healed you. In this season. Come back to life. This is your moment, and you can absolutely beat this and fight to heal your way through it.
