by Aspen Heidekrueger | Feb 7, 2020 | Surviving Chemotherapy
You can often feel powerless and hopeless when you are going through chemotherapy. There are many abhorrent side-effects, and you don’t have much control over how you are feeling. You often can’t do what you want to do, and you most certainly can’t feel the way you...
by Aspen Heidekrueger | Feb 7, 2020 | Eating Disorders
You can’t truly solve a problem without first understanding what caused that problem in the first place. Without addressing the root cause of an issue, you can only offer temporary, band-aid solutions. For example: If you are having persistent headaches, is it better...
by Aspen Heidekrueger | Feb 7, 2020 | Anxiety, Depression, and PTSD
The goal of this post today is to be informative and bring attention to something that is incredibly important but rarely discussed. So bear with me. It is worth the read. One of the biggest challenges I faced during my battle with leukemia was something...
by Aspen Heidekrueger | Feb 6, 2020 | For Loved Ones
Before we get into the crux of this first “For Loved Ones” blog post, I have one very important thing I want everyone to know: I WOULD NOT BE HERE TODAY IF I DIDN’T HAVE THE SUPPORT OF MY LOVED ONES DURING MY CHEMOTHERAPY TREATMENT FOR LEUKEMIA. My family did...
by Aspen Heidekrueger | Feb 6, 2020 | My Experiences
When you’re a kid, you don’t know much about yourself or life. Most people can easily admit this. When I was twelve, my knowledge of the world was very limited. I can openly admit this with no shame. However, I wasn’t completely clueless. In the first decade of my...