I'm happy to say that I am in remission. That R word is something critically important to cancer patients, especially in a disease like myeloma. But I never lose sight of the fact that there is another R word called relapse.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I'm in complete remission. I'm alive and well.
Part of recovery is relapse. I dust myself off and move forward again.
The cancer is in remission, and I will shortly go on a drug maintenance regimen to keep it there.
Cancer does give you a new rejuvenation. I know what it's like to be down. I lost a couple of good friends - Larry Hagman and Nick Ashford - who had the same type of cancer that I did, and that makes you think.
Every time I go back to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute to wait for my test results, and I wonder if I've relapsed or if I'm doing okay, I don't think about my company. I'm proud of everything we've done, but at the end of the day, it comes back to family. I'm still a wife, a mom, a sister - all of those things.
The five patients in 'Rethinking Cancer' share with us the path of their recovery: the courage to take their own lives in their hands with a natural approach to healing their bodies.
Rather than viewing a brief relapse back to inactivity as a failure, treat it as a challenge and try to get back on track as soon as possible.
Nothing on 'Relapse' and very little on 'Recovery' was produced by me.
I would say I see myself as a psychiatrist in remission.
While I may never be in remission from cancer, I am currently in remission from an unhealthy relationship to food.