SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR ANYONE WHO NEEDS IT. WMUR’S GRACE FINERMAN HAS HER STORY. <NAT, “03:24 “JOURNALING CAN GIVE YOU A SENSE OF INNER PEACE AND COMFORT AS YOU MOVE ALONG IN YOUR JOURNEY TO WHOLENESS.” 03:29″> THIS IS DEBORAH CROSS’S CANCER JOURNAL. FILLED WITH PHOTOS… BLANK PAGES FOR DRAWINGS… AND LINED PAPER FOR WRITING… ALL TO HELP EXPLORE FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS… A PROCESS DEBORAH SAYS HELPED HER THROUGH HER áOWN JOURNEY WITH CANCER. <14:58 “IT’S REALLY HARD TO GO THROUGH, IT’S FRIGHTENING.” 15:01> DEBORAH WAS DIAGNOSED WITH ENDOMETRIAL CANCER IN 2014. SHE WAS CANCER FREE FOR ALMOST 4 YEARS… BEFORE HER ONCOLOGIST BROUGHT DEVASTATING NEWS. <05:03 “SHE SAID TO ME DEB YOUR CANCER HAS COME BACK, IT’S TREATABLE NOT CURABLE, AND UNLESS YOU START CHEMO RIGHT AWAY YOU HAVE 46 MONTHS LEFT TO LIVE, I JUST STARTED SOBBING AND WAILING.” 05:16> TRADITIONAL MEDICINE AND NATUROPATHIC DOCTORS HELPED… NOW… DEBORAH’S BEEN CANCER FREE FOR 4 YEARS. <09:08 “I COULD HAVE DIED TWICE FROM THE CANCER DRUGS, AND I BELIEVE THAT YOU KNOW GOD SPARED MY LIFE FOR A BIGGER PURPOSE, FOR A BIGGER CALLING AND SO I JUST HAD TO TRUST, TRUST THE DOCTORS, TRUST MYSELF.” 09:23> DEBORAH SAYS HER PURPOSE… IS HELPING OTHERS. ALL THROUGH HER PASSION FOR PHOTOGRAPHY. DEBORAH SAYS HER IMAGES CAPTURE A FEELING… SOMETHING SHE SAYS HAS HEALING BENEFITS. SHE USES HER PHOTOS FOR HER CANCER JOURNALS… BUT ALSO MAKES NOTECARDS AND POSTCARDS. SHE KEEPS ITEMS IN THE BACK OF HER CAR… BUT ALSO HEADS TO CRAFT FAIRS. SOME OF THE PROCEEDS GO TO THE NORTH OF BOSTON CANCER RESOURCE INTEGRATIVE CARE AND SUPPORT. <18:40 “I WANT TO KIND O
‘We need that sense of community’: Cancer survivor uses talent to inspire others
Updated: 8:04 PM CDT Jul 2, 2022
A cancer survivor uses her photography to help others heal.Deborah Cross, a native of Manchester, New Hampshire, survived Stage 4 cancer twice. She said she has a cancer journal with pages for photos, drawings and writing to help work through her emotions.”Journaling can give you a sense of inner peace and comfort as you move along in your journey to wholeness,” Cross said.Doctors diagnosed Cross with endometrial cancer in 2014. She was cancer-free for almost four years, until her oncologist had news for her.”She said to me, ‘Deb, your cancer has come back. It’s treatable, not curable and unless you start chemo right away, you have 46 months left to live,'” Cross said. “I just started sobbing and wailing.”Cross has been cancer-free for four years with the help of traditional medicine and naturopathic doctors.”I could have died twice from the cancer drugs, and I believe that God spared my life for a bigger purpose, for a bigger calling, and so I just had to trust, trust the doctors, trust myself,” Cross said.Cross said her purpose is helping others through her passion for photography. Cross said her photography captures a feeling, which she said has healing benefits.”I want to kind of bring back that we need each other, you know, we need that sense of community,” Cross said.She uses her photos for cancer journals, notecards and postcards. Some of the proceeds go to the North of Boston Cancer Resource.
A cancer survivor uses her photography to help others heal.
Deborah Cross, a native of Manchester, New Hampshire, survived Stage 4 cancer twice. She said she has a cancer journal with pages for photos, drawings and writing to help work through her emotions.
“Journaling can give you a sense of inner peace and comfort as you move along in your journey to wholeness,” Cross said.
Doctors diagnosed Cross with endometrial cancer in 2014. She was cancer-free for almost four years, until her oncologist had news for her.
“She said to me, ‘Deb, your cancer has come back. It’s treatable, not curable and unless you start chemo right away, you have 46 months left to live,'” Cross said. “I just started sobbing and wailing.”
Cross has been cancer-free for four years with the help of traditional medicine and naturopathic doctors.
“I could have died twice from the cancer drugs, and I believe that God spared my life for a bigger purpose, for a bigger calling, and so I just had to trust, trust the doctors, trust myself,” Cross said.
Cross said her purpose is helping others through her passion for photography. Cross said her photography captures a feeling, which she said has healing benefits.
“I want to kind of bring back that we need each other, you know, we need that sense of community,” Cross said.
She uses her photos for cancer journals, notecards and postcards. Some of the proceeds go to the North of Boston Cancer Resource.
