Why should you listen to me? Despite having incurable cancer, I am living, loving, and thriving, and I know that everything always works out for me. I know I’ll be healthy and wealthy until I’m 106……why? Because of the miracle mindset I’ve created within which creates Faith over Fear.

Prior to my diagnosis of cancer in 2016, I was your normal high achiever. I was running my own insurance agency, single mom to three amazing kids with no financial or time support, great friends and dating a good looking man. I was your typical single mom running kids around to sports, engaged in community events, networking for my business, etc – the one thing I lacked was time for myself. Everything else seemed to be running smoothly. I had gone to the ER twice due to pain in my ab area and was told nothing was wrong with me. So imagine my surprise when I was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer that started in my pancreas and traveled to my liver. I was in shock. They say I have  neuroendocrine cancer –  1% rare—the same cancer that took Steve Jobs and Aretha Franklin’s lives. I used to believe that if Steve Jobs couldn’t figure it out, how could I? Throughout my journey, I discovered and developed the miracle mindset.  I wished he was still her so I could share with him. 

Because the tumors were the size of ping pong balls, they had to remove half the pancreas, a good portion of the liver, 29 lymph nodes, and a perfectly healthy spleen and gallbladder. WHoo Hoo! I was declared cancer-free! That was simple! I carried on with my life as usual…always busy and not taking the time to truly heal.

I couldn’t keep food in my stomach a few months later. I was taking 8 Imodium per day and had seen three specialists and was on their medications. I sat on the porcelain throne to work and wondered…

At the one-year milestone cat scan review, they informed me that I was still cancer-free. I asked the oncologist and team why my body couldn’t keep food in… they said they did not know why. A week later, I got the call…. My liver surgeon apologized for missing four tumors, one of which was next to the portal vein and was life threatening if it grew larger, and I was now deemed incurable.

I received my first monthly Sandostatin treatment shot the same day that Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Houston – I remember preparing for the huge needle while watching the rain pour down. The tumors produce a hormone that causes the body to flush, which is why I couldn’t keep food in. The shot suppresses hormone production, allowing the body to keep food in. The shot is also intended to slow the progression of the cancer, but it will not cure it. They have still yet to discover a cure for this type of cancer. A week later, I married my hero in front of all six of our children, two grandchildren, family, and friends. I was so thankful for that shot because I got married on a beach with no bathrooms!