Brain Cancer Survivor : Sheila Vanessa : Cancer Survivor Stories

02/07/22 • 39 min

Cancer Healing Journeys by ZenOnco.io & Love Heals Cancer

Sheila Vanessa started having migraine, coughs, and shortness of breath as her primary symptoms. She consulted her primary doctor, who offered her some medications, but the symptoms did not disappear. Later she lost hearing of the right ear. She consulted an ENT, but there was no cure. After a year, she started having double vision. As a result, she was admitted to the emergency department, and an MRI scan revealed stage 3 Brain Cancer or Metastatic Paraganglioma. She underwent surgery, chemotherapy and 33 cycles of radiation therapy as a part of the treatment. As a result of surgery, she had facial paralysis on the right side. She also underwent a new treatment called Lutathera to shrink neuroendocrine tumours. Sheils says, "Your journey may be similar to mine, or maybe it's quite different than mine. Maybe you just got diagnosed and feel scared. Maybe you are angry and see no purpose in any of it. Maybe you have tried it all and have lost all hope. Maybe you are tired of believing and feel like giving up. No matter what season of your journey you are currently in, what battles you are currently fighting, I want you to know that there is still hope! Don't give up just yet. Always remember that His mighty love lives in you." Her story is in detail on her blog thrivingwithchrist.com/there-is-light-ahead.

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