Op-Ed on Cancer
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The first person that I was aware had cancer was my grandmother. She never mentioned the word cancer to me, however, when I would sleep over at her house and see her get undress into her night gown, I would catch glimpses of the two scars across her chest. My grandmother always looked beautiful. She always made sure to wear her special bra and girdle with the special clips for her stockings. She would put her earrings and her red lipstick on and go out. No one would suspect that her first breast cancer experience was in her early fifties, or that her second breast cancer experience would occur twenty years later. As I got older, I took my grandmother to the special lingerie shops that sold special bras. Very rarely did she ever discuss her cancer experience with me. We spoke about her long auburn braids that she had as a child, and of how my grandfather fell in love with her and would wait for outside her apartment house.
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The traditional approach to cancer is that the patient must view cancer as the enemy and engage in a war to vanquish that enemy. Ann Wax, RN, argues that this approach is incorrect and invariably leads to pain, self doubt, and depression. Instead, she argues that one must find calm and inner-peace first, in order to promote healing.
About the Author
Ann Wax has been an RN for over thirty-five years. She is a nurse, health educator, consultant and speaker for health and wellness. Because of her experiences in oncology she felt the need to write her book “Op-Ed on Cancer”. She offers guidance when life changes because of the cancer disease process. Her objective is to help people to move forward with the understanding that one can recover and renew their life even with cancer. Her passion is to make people aware of the necessity for healing, must include dignity, compassion, humor, love and the understanding loving relationships don’t end.