Jovannie Lorenzo’s faith was tested after she was diagnosed with colon cancer when she was just 32. “Everything that I knew of cancer … was death, was pain, was anger,” she says. But she realized that she didn’t have the strength to fight her disease without the power faith brought to her.
“It doesn’t matter what God you serve, because when you’re diagnosed with any disease, you need something to hold on to,” she says. Jovannie is certainly not the only person who let faith carry her through after a cancer diagnosis. Experienced doctors, like Cedars-Sinai’s Dr. Zuri Murrell, will tell you that people who find a way to stay positive through treatment – like through prayer – really do end up doing better.
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