Hello friends new & old: 

This week on June 12, that will be the three year mark for when I was first diagnosed with stage 2 cancer in 2023. My heart & mind are feeling all of the feels…❤️‍🩹. I would appreciate prayers & good vibes for me & my family as I’m navigating cancer survivorship three years later.  

  

   This diagnosis has completely changed the entire trajectory of my day-to-day life as I once knew it. It’s affected relationships in every direction, for worse and for better…   It’s changed how I see myself and how I view time and my mortality. 

   Today happens to be National cancer Survivorship Day 🥹 

    Here are some things that I would love for all of you to know🙏🏼🩷 

   1. Cancer treatment isn’t always the hardest part. 

   2.You never hear the word “cancer” just once… The word is weaved into every Aspect of my life 

   3. Cancer has impacted my entire family.  

   4. I don’t always look sick in spite of having a stage 4 cancer diagnosis 

   5. The mental battle has been significantly harder than the physical Challenges.  

   6. Comments like “you are so strong” or “ just stay positive” are not helpful. This is not a battle I chose.  

   7. Treatments don’t end when treatment ends    

   8. My body will never be the same again  

   9. I don’t want pity just love & hope.

   10. Some days I’m very brave, And then there are days when I’m terrified.  

   11. Survivorship is Complicated, My mortality seems all too fragile.  

   12. The Cancer diagnosis has drastically impacted my finances. thank you to all those who have lifted my 

   13 up to keep us afloat.. The Small Things MATTER- A text, a card, a meal, A ride to treatment, a checkin later, when everyone else has moved on. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 

    14. Cancer teaches you what truly matters-Time-Love-Health-Family-Friends that are Family 

      

Thank you for sticking with me.  This has supporting me in so many ways, whether physically or financially. This has been one wild ride. I’m choosing Hope and holding tightly to my kids and my close safe friends. 

Love 

Nicki & Kids