Breast Cancer-Amy's journey to renewal

Hi, My name is Amy Solomon (Slater), on June 29, 2024 I received the news that after 10 years of being cancer free, my breast cancer has returned, and is once again present in my breast and lymph nodes, which is once again at stage 3.

I am shocked- to say the very least. We all are.

I am a Mama to three utterly amazing Boys, Anthony-15, Blake -13 and Leo-8. I am a wife to my wonderful husband Misha.

I am a self employed small business owner of my company called Curio and Company. I lovingly do event design, decor rentals, florals and event planning services.

The first time I was diagnosed with breast breast cancer was March 2014, I was 35. I was a single Mom to Anthony and Blake, my only thought was, let's do this. That April, I started my 8 rounds of chemo and 15 rounds of Herceptin, which I finished June 2015, and a double mastectomy in Oct 2014. I didn't give it any thought other than, lets get this destroyed any way possible.

Misha has never known me pre cancer. I was bald and wearing a wig , fake eyelashes and had just had my double mastectomy three weeks before meeting him.

I met Misha in November 2014. He proposed to me in May 2015, and I miraculously became pregnant with our little miracle Leo in Aug 2015.Misha and I got Married Oct 2, 2015.

I'm not going to lie, the last 10 years have been stress-filled, for a variety of reasons. Some I don't care to mention here.

The massive financial struggles with my event business during covid-19, and then trying to recover from that the last couple of years. Then, Misha tore his achilles in August 2023. Because it is a 6-12 month recovery process, As his work has always been very physical, He sold his business (Snobrite lights) in September 2023. 7 months into his recovery, this March, he re-tore his achilles. He had surgery this April. He is still on the mend for another few months.

Now, finding out my stage 3 cancer has come back, is totally shocking. And a MASSIVE financial blow to deal with in the coming months. We are a two income family, which was decreased to one, and now down to none.

I have always been an extremely hard worker, and I have literally been working my ass off for the last 15 years. I can no longer keep up with this pace and with this pressure. My work is also very physical AND I wont be able to carry out my events until I have had time to heal. My last event was July 26th and I won't be taking on anything for quite a while. I have passed off all of my events for the next 6 months.

I need to be able to focus on MY SELF and beat this Dis-ease. I need to practice self care, self love, nutrition, balance, mind-fullness. I have LOVED and cared for my children and Husband so much, and have been so obsessed with working so hard, trying to make ends meet, that I have completely forgotten about MY-SELF.

This Dis-ease is rearing its ugly face for the 2nd time around to make me aware of this. To offer me a chance for a body and soul renewal. I get it now.

Right now, I need peace. I need peace of mind. I need to be able to relax, to breathe and would love to be able to focus on my healing journey without financial pressures and an exorbitant amount of stress. It's just TOO much. My surgery is scheduled for Aug 21. (Update- after having my CT and MRI it is now scheduled for Sept 4th) We will see what happens after that.

It is extremely hard for me to ask for help on a good day, but we really, really, need help, and I would like to not have to worry about money for at least the next 6 months. I want to spend the next 6 months with a bit of financial freedom, which I have never ever experienced in my life.

We invite you to support this initiative with whatever funding feels right for you.

Feel free to follow a long with my journey on my instagram page -

@journeytolovelightandhealing

From the bottom of my heart and soul, thank you.

Love Amy xo