\u201cEarly in 2020, I was diagnosed with an aggressive form of skin cancer. Within a month, it had progressed to stage 4 in my brain. My life quickly turned upside down. I faced a whirlwind of surgery and treatments and felt as though I had been strapped into a roller coaster with no way to stop. And because of the pandemic restrictions, I had to do it all on my own.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy doctors were looking out for me physically, but no one considered how I was doing mentally. I knew I needed some help, and I kept thinking, \u2018there have to be others who feel like me.\u2019 So I looked through some patient resources at my hospital, and that\u2019s where I discovered Wellspring.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom the very first moment you reach out to Wellspring for help, you are accepted whole-heartedly. It\u2019s like having a hero\u2019s cape \u2013 a protective bubble of coping around you. I signed up for an online group program and was amazed that I could just sit on my couch and get so much love, acceptance and guidance through the computer screen. So many people I\u2019ve never met in person now love me and are rooting for me, and I\u2019m rooting for them. It was these people who helped pull me out of that dark hole mentally. Now, just seeing the name Wellspring fills me with a sense of safety, freedom and love.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy family too has benefited from Wellspring\u2019s help. My husband joined the caregiver group, and it\u2019s been a healing experience for him to receive the wisdom, advice and comfort of others going through the same thing. And my mother is coping better, too, now that she gets regular check-in calls from a peer support volunteer. So I\u2019d say that today, we are all thriving, and we feel so blessed to experience the love and support of a group of people that we now consider a second family.<\/p>\n
\u201cCancer robs you of a big chunk of who you are. You may still be a wife or a daughter or whatever role you play in your life, but so much of who you are gets taken away from you, and you no longer have control. You feel helpless. But Wellspring puts you back in the driver\u2019s seat and gives you the tools you need to be in control again.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo those who support Wellspring with their donations, please know how grateful I am. You\u2019ve given me a second chance to see and experience all the true gems that life has to offer.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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