幸存者说,:胡安妮塔·莫里斯,卵巢癌幸存者
胡安妮塔·莫里斯分裂她的休斯顿和圣地亚哥之间的时间。虽然她知道安德森作为一个世界知名的医院,她从来没想过要成为一个病人。在2017年2月23日,胡安妮塔开始在她的右骨盆区,尿频和腹胀经历剧烈疼痛。在圣地亚哥的医生发现了一个垒球大小的肿瘤,并建议立即手术。她飞到休斯敦与查尔斯Levenback,医学博士,教授,妇科肿瘤及生殖医学预约。Levenback诊断III期卵巢癌和安排手术。一旦胡安妮塔已经从成功的手术中恢复过来,Levenback把她放在化疗的18周的课程。一年后,胡安妮塔的感觉就像她的旧的自我试。在这里,她反映,通过处理进行了她的实力。
“以坚定的信念,家庭和祈祷战士的帮助下,我能够在我的癌症旅程保持积极的态度,我告诉自己 - “不,卵巢癌是不是要在我的身上。我不会有卵巢癌,”我确定,我会在整个旅程依然强劲。
有人郁闷地看到我的头发开始成团状出来。之前,它成为一个难看得一塌糊涂,我对我的丈夫,“布赖恩,是时候说。I’ve got to get my head shaved to remove what is left of my hair.’ I went to my hairdresser, who I go to church with, and she asked me, ‘Are you sure about this?’ I said, ‘Yes, I’m sure.’ She turned me around, so I wouldn’t have to watch. I felt like I was about to fall apart. This was one of the hardest things for me. I loved my hair. As she started shaving my head, Christian music began to play. The song that came on kept repeating, ‘You are so beautiful. You are so beautiful.’ I turned around in shock to look at Brian and felt this incredible peace. I knew I was going to be OK.
我从未回头。那一刻的平静让我逐渐意识到,我的内心和外在都很美。一个月后,我和女儿一起拍了一组照片,摄影师坚持要给我也拍照。拍下这张照片,我觉得美极了。这一切都是关于内心的力量,知道这就是我,代表了我所经历的一切。
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