As a cancer patient, do you ever feel like nobody understands what you are going through?

 

While undergoing treatment for breast cancer in 2015, I found myself lying in bed bald and wondering if I would ever be me again? I felt isolated, depressed and alone. It was hard to share my fears and struggles with family and friends who certainly tried but could not possibly understand all I was going through. 

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I was a mother of 3 young kids, with a devoted husband and a tribe of supporters. Like many women on this journey, I was trying to balance grueling chemotherapy treatments, my job as a nurse, and the hustle and bustle of everyday life. I put on a brave face and reassured everyone saying ‘I’m ok! I’ve got this! I’m a fighter!’, even though I was suffering.

 

It was during those moments that little acts of kindness such as a homemade meal for my family or a call from a friend was the glimmer of hope that carried me through, the light in my darkness.

 

Inspired by that light, I vowed to find a way to pay it forward and B the Light was created.