A funny thing happens when you’re confronted head-on with your own mortality: suddenly you can’t help but reflect on your life, who you’ve been, the…
Sandy Struss
22 May 2022
The Waiting Game
Out of this whole experience with cancer so far, I have to say that the most excruciating part is the WAITING. Not knowing what’s going…
21 May 2022
Sandy’s Feel Good Music Playlist
If there’s one thing I know for sure, it is the healing power of music. It can change your mood, your energy, bring back memories…
14 May 2022
Hypnotherapy
After my 2nd surgery, I was in a really bad state mentally. I was not OK with what had happened to me, the way I was…
7 May 2022
OK to not be OK
As someone who takes great pride in being a light in the world and spreading joy and positivity, it was (and still is) REALLY unsettling…
30 Apr 2022
The Second Surgery
The 2nd Surgery I didn’t know how good I had it the first time around until it came time for my 2nd surgery, and this…
10 Apr 2022
The First Surgery
Within a month of getting my cancer diagnosis, I was scheduled for surgery – a “left thyroid lobe and isthmus hemithyroidectomy”. The thinking was to…
9 Apr 2022
“You have cancer.”
It was exactly 4 months ago that I heard those words that nobody wants to hear. As someone who is generally pretty healthy (aside from…