by Gina Porcelli
January 24, 2025
I quickly learned that cancer isn’t a box you check off. It’s a journey—a word I’ve come to understand deeply over the past five years.......
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by Gina Porcelli
July 31, 2024
…..the real test of my courage came with my cancer diagnosis. Suddenly, the shadows in the closet were nothing…..
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by Gina Porcelli
April 30, 2024
When treatment ends, it's like crossing the finish line of a marathon with a flood of emotions. For me, I felt an amazing sense of relief, gratitude and happiness. I experienced a feeling of joy that I believed would never leave me......but it did......
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by Gina Porcelli
December 28, 2021
I dodged the many calls, texts, emails and messaging through social media. I didn’t want to talk abo ut me, cancer and anything in between. I drifted into avoidance and depression. My life as I knew it was spinning out of control. People reached out and I ran the other way. I didn’t want pity or to deal with others emotions and I certainly didn’t want to tell my horrific story over and over again.
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…..the real test of my courage came with my cancer diagnosis. Suddenly, the shadows in the closet were nothing…..
When treatment ends, it's like crossing the finish line of a marathon with a flood of emotions. For me, I felt an amazing sense of relief, gratitude and happiness. I experienced a feeling of joy that I believed would never leave me......but it did......
I dodged the many calls, texts, emails and messaging through social media. I didn’t want to talk about me, cancer and anything in between. I drifted into avoidance and depression. My life as I knew it was spinning out of control. People reached out and I ran the other way. I didn’t want pity or to deal with others emotions and I certainly didn’t want to tell my horrific story over and over again.
