It’s OK not to be OK
This is an important realization because sometimes living through discomfort enables growth. Something unexpected that happened to me this year. Last March I was fortunately diagnosed with a hereditary gene fault called PALB2, which causes cancer in three areas: breasts, ovaries and the pancreas. At the time I didn't think this was very fortunate as the diagnosis comes with a whole lot of preventative surgery to remove those areas of the body which may develop a triggered cancer. If that was not enough, two weeks later I was diagnosed with Breast Cancer with lymph node involvement. I was too late [...]