Finding Joy After Cancer Turns Your Life Upside-Do...
Colon Cancer
Cancer doesn’t have to stop you in your tracks. Evelyn Reyes-Beato says she was really thrown through a loop when she was diagnosed with colon cancer. Before her diagnosis, she was planning to go back to school – but the diagnoses completely threw her off track. “When I got cancer, I was like f*ck that, I’m not going to waste what’s left of my life going to school,” she says. “If I’m gonna die, I’m not gonna die at school. I’m gonna die on a beach, I’m gonna die in the Bahamas, in Paris, in Australia … somewhere, but I’m not gonna die in school.”
Eventually, Evelyn realized that she could still achieve her goals, even with cancer. She found the things that brought her joy in life – “my husband, my doggies, my brother, my family” – and kept on living for that joy.
And she ended up going back to school as well.
Learn more about SurvivorNet's rigorous medical review process.
Cancer doesn’t have to stop you in your tracks. Evelyn Reyes-Beato says she was really thrown through a loop when she was diagnosed with colon cancer. Before her diagnosis, she was planning to go back to school – but the diagnoses completely threw her off track. “When I got cancer, I was like f*ck that, I’m not going to waste what’s left of my life going to school,” she says. “If I’m gonna die, I’m not gonna die at school. I’m gonna die on a beach, I’m gonna die in the Bahamas, in Paris, in Australia … somewhere, but I’m not gonna die in school.”
Eventually, Evelyn realized that she could still achieve her goals, even with cancer. She found the things that brought her joy in life – “my husband, my doggies, my brother, my family” – and kept on living for that joy.
And she ended up going back to school as well.
Learn more about SurvivorNet's rigorous medical review process.
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