"Getting healthy means listening to my body"
When something happens unexpectedly, we want to make sense; this is a basic human need. When that unexpected event is a life-threatening illness, part of that drive is to become reacquainted with your body. Suleika Jaquad is a cancer survivor who has been chronicling her survivorship through a column in the New York Times: Life, Interrupted. In her most recent entry, she talks about her plan to run a half marathon in celebration of her survivorship. Yet, as many cancer survivors discover, that road is filled with still many unexpected surprises and many lessons.
Life, Interrupted: Making Resolutions (June 27, 2013)
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