by Aspen Heidekrueger | Feb 6, 2020 | Inspirational Quotes, Overcoming
Today I wanted to share one of my all-time favorite inspirational quotes with you. It was the first quote that resonated with me after my chemo treatment. Yes, in the words of our dear old friend and astronomer, Galileo: “I’ve loved the stars all too fondly to be...
by Aspen Heidekrueger | Feb 6, 2020 | Overcoming
No one who survives cancer emerges from the battle unscathed— No one comes face to face with death, undergoes months or years of intensive chemotherapy, and walks away without physical damage and some degree of mental or emotional trauma. Most cancer survivors...
by Aspen Heidekrueger | Feb 5, 2020 | Beautiful Words, Overcoming
If you had to pick just one word to describe or represent yourself, what would it be? Funny? Adventurous? Loyal? Pyromaniac? If the answer you are thinking of is “indescribable” I applaud your sense of humor and wit. However, that is just a way to avoid answering the...
by Aspen Heidekrueger | Feb 2, 2020 | Beautiful Words, Overcoming
Playing the cards you were dealt when you have cancer is difficult. PREFACE: Reading content on Complicated Cancer is like taking a tour of the inside of my mind (I know…. yikes!). There are MANY parts of my psyche that are terrifying, including the part that...
by Aspen Heidekrueger | Feb 2, 2020 | My Trials
It took me a long time to understand that there were permanent side-effects of surviving cancer and enduring chemotherapy. It took me an even longer period of time to accept that fact. In the first few months after my chemotherapy ended, my body was an absolute mess,...
