Sandy Struss

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Reflections on Mortality

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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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February

My next surgery was scheduled for mid- March, so in February I went for bloodwork and worked with my endocrinologist to get my thyroid medication…
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Bad News

A few weeks post-surgery was the scheduled follow-up with my surgeon to review the pathology and determine next steps. I was feeling ridiculously tired ALL…
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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…
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“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…