Sylvia Weinstock has got some spunk. The stories she tells about her time as a wedding cake designer to the stars are pretty incredibly — and always hilarious. This is a woman who really exemplifies living life to the fullest.
Because Sylvia is a take-charge kind of woman, she jumped to action the very second she felt a sign of cancer. She’s survived cancer twice — first breast cancer and then lung cancer — and neither seem to have slowed her down at all. Sylvia worked as a cake designer for almost 40 years — her client record is pretty impressive. “We did cakes for just about every famous name you could think of … we did football players, basketball players, I love them when they’re so tall,” Sylvia told SurvivorNet.
Read More Her first experience with cancer began when she felt a lump in her breast. She was instructed by a doctor to keep an eye on it — but she didn’t like the prospect of not taking action. She insisted on a
biopsy, and cancer was found. If Sylvia’s stories tell us anything — it’s that we need to take charge when we’re worried about our health. After all was said and done — Sylvia said experiencing cancer was actually a blessing in disguise for her; it changed her way of thinking. “Cancer changed my life for the better,” she said. “It gave me a better perspective. It taught me a couple of things … that you cherish what you have, not what you don’t have. And that you strive to make each day wonderful and you also try to make everybody else’s life wonderful.” She also added that she is sure to have a vodka drink everyday — “that’s part of my chemotherapy too.”
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