Help me live through cancer
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My story.
I have been in service of helping people most of my adult life life.
For almost 20 years I worked in the juvenile field helping kids ages 12 to 19 years old delinquent and dependent, many of which came from unimaginable circumstances.
There were teams of us who’s primary intention was to make them feel SAFE. We taught them what acceptable behaviors were and our teachers provided education. Many succeeded in life, many fell to recidivism, and way too many of them wound up dead.
In my second career of 11 years, I became a Medical Massage Therapist to help people who experience muscular pain achieve some pain relief each session in an effort to achieve pain free daily living.
In this journey, I was also given a new path by a higher power to be able to become a Massage Therapy teacher for adults, both young and old, to begin a new career, to change an existing career or to get a second chance at a new life with this extraordinary career which involves the art of creating a balance of the Body, Mind and Spirit in order to help people.
Now, it is I who needs heIp. I ask for healing prayers and I know that God will fix this. I feel in every cell in my body that my service in helping people is NOT over. I know he has another Mission for me but I need some help.
Cancer is hard. My body is tired and sometimes, I confess, I do ask HIM to just take me now, because it’s too hard and I’m tired, but then I feel and hear God say to me “it’s not over you still have work to do”
I have cancer “non small cell carcinoma. Adenocarcinoma stage lll” in right lung. I take full responsibility because I have smoked for many years. I don’t smoke any more, the nausea saw to that!
My experience is the drama in the side effects I.e. horrible crippling nausea which settles to a manageable state a few days after chemo, exhaustion/Fatigue, pain and horrible headaches.
Because of the side effects, at this time, I’m only working teaching evening classes 12 - 16 hours a week and see patients about 6 times per month due to the treatment schedule and crippling side effects. Things have been very difficult financially and although I have a large community of family and friends that show love and support, they can only help but so much. My finances are depleted, checking account super overdrawn and I’m asking for help to live with the life changes that come with cancer.
Thinking positive and maintaining emotional strength is what should come with treatments for success in beating cancer but it is so hard to do when all I worry about are the bills.
I have been in service of helping people most of my adult life life.
For almost 20 years I worked in the juvenile field helping kids ages 12 to 19 years old delinquent and dependent, many of which came from unimaginable circumstances.
There were teams of us who’s primary intention was to make them feel SAFE. We taught them what acceptable behaviors were and our teachers provided education. Many succeeded in life, many fell to recidivism, and way too many of them wound up dead.
In my second career of 11 years, I became a Medical Massage Therapist to help people who experience muscular pain achieve some pain relief each session in an effort to achieve pain free daily living.
In this journey, I was also given a new path by a higher power to be able to become a Massage Therapy teacher for adults, both young and old, to begin a new career, to change an existing career or to get a second chance at a new life with this extraordinary career which involves the art of creating a balance of the Body, Mind and Spirit in order to help people.
Now, it is I who needs heIp. I ask for healing prayers and I know that God will fix this. I feel in every cell in my body that my service in helping people is NOT over. I know he has another Mission for me but I need some help.
Cancer is hard. My body is tired and sometimes, I confess, I do ask HIM to just take me now, because it’s too hard and I’m tired, but then I feel and hear God say to me “it’s not over you still have work to do”
I have cancer “non small cell carcinoma. Adenocarcinoma stage lll” in right lung. I take full responsibility because I have smoked for many years. I don’t smoke any more, the nausea saw to that!
My experience is the drama in the side effects I.e. horrible crippling nausea which settles to a manageable state a few days after chemo, exhaustion/Fatigue, pain and horrible headaches.
Because of the side effects, at this time, I’m only working teaching evening classes 12 - 16 hours a week and see patients about 6 times per month due to the treatment schedule and crippling side effects. Things have been very difficult financially and although I have a large community of family and friends that show love and support, they can only help but so much. My finances are depleted, checking account super overdrawn and I’m asking for help to live with the life changes that come with cancer.
Thinking positive and maintaining emotional strength is what should come with treatments for success in beating cancer but it is so hard to do when all I worry about are the bills.
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Julie Harris
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Chester, PA