1.0Wellspring Greater Toronto Areahttps://wellspring.ca/gtasuzannehttps://wellspring.ca/gta/blog/author/suzanne/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="EpDaM5pOny"><a href="https://wellspring.ca/gta/blog/2021/11/10/alyssas-story-overcoming-my-initial-hesitation/">Alyssa’s Story: Overcoming my initial hesitation</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://wellspring.ca/gta/blog/2021/11/10/alyssas-story-overcoming-my-initial-hesitation/embed/#?secret=EpDaM5pOny" width="600" height="338" title="“Alyssa’s Story: Overcoming my initial hesitation” — Wellspring Greater Toronto Area" data-secret="EpDaM5pOny" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://wellspring.ca/gta/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://wellspring.ca/gta/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2023/06/Alyssa-B.jpg459450Wellspring is where Alyssa, like so many others found the support, compassion and strength needed to move on with their lives. In 2001, at the age of 31, Alyssa was diagnosed with a slow-growing, incurable form of lymphoma. Alyssa’s chemotherapy treatment started in 2002, and over the next 15 years, she received treatments twice more, […]