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Aileen Geraghty
I'm learning to listen, honor, trust myself. My intuition said something was seriously wrong. I was
ignored by doctors, told "if it hurts it's nothing". Please ~ if it hurts, get it checked. Now. I promise, it
wasn't "nothing." I had no idea really what cancer was, the signs.
I was diagnosed at 40. Aggressive cancer, 2 kinds in one tumor. 8 rounds of chemo later I still had
positive matted nodes. 2 surgeries, 7 weeks of daily radiation....I was then diagnosed with PTSD,
depression, anxiety. It's been an interesting journey, to say the least.....
The calling was to learn to know myself. To heal old wounds ~ from abuse, traumas, beating and
bullying, you name it. I'm finding myself in very different ways, learning to own the value I am meant
to be and bring forth. People keep saying I'm an inspiration. I'm trying to accept that, and move with
guidance.
I have found my voice in so many ways ~ poetry, photography, painting/mixed media, writing, starting
to sing again ~ beginning to speak, educate about emotional and spiritual healing that I feel is so
important in all of life. I feel there may always be aspects we don't know about with cancer ~ but our
emotional and spiritual health, chemicals in our environment, nutrition, exercise, creative expression
and purpose ~ they're all things that can give us a better chance. One thing I would say is the more we
learn to know ourselves, trust ourselves ~ we can learn to be strong and advocate for our own highest
good. It's one of many lessons I am moving into/through with breast cancer.
I'm grateful for the immense learning and growth I have had. I'm meant to take what I've learned and
share it in the arts and healing fusing for a wholeness of experience. I am grateful to walk into beautiful
with this event. And to help give back, for I've received SO much in this journey. I'm also grateful to all
the incredible medical support I've received throughout, the amazing friends and family I have had along
the way, the support in untold and unexpected ways, the growth many have been willing to explore
along with me on the journey.......I just passed the miracle, 5 years clean of a IIIA cancer on 8/15/10. I'm
here. I'm alive. I am a survivor. I AM.
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