Unusual Determination
Helen's Breast Cancer Journey to Victory
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These five days of my life have been a blur. I've experienced a sense of lethargy and fatigue like nothing I've ever experienced before. I feel like I'm in a fog – a dark and menacing fog that surrounds me. It doesn't seem to be a way out. I have no control over how I'm feeling. Even thinking or using my brain seems impossible. There's nothing anyone can do. Mom has come into my room periodically during these dark days to ask if I need anything. I can only look at her with glazed eyes and say, "No, Mom. There is nothing you can do." I just needed to lie down. I've never felt like this before in my life. It's almost indescribable. I can't talk because it takes too much out of me. Walking to the bathroom and back has been difficult. These four days have seemed like forever. I've slept, but it doesn't feel like I've slept at all. I feel so tired. Four days in a row. My mom says I'll feel better in the morning, but the mornings come, and I don't feel better. Her optimism is usually contagious, but I can't catch it. These four days have been torture.
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I've wanted to write another book for quite some time now. My last work, Unlikely Allies: 8 Steps to Bridging Divides that Impact Leadership, was written and published in 2010. I love to write. I just don't make the time to do it as often as I should or desire. Sharing information, empowering, and inspiring people is what I truly love to do. Part of the challenge of why it's taken me so long to write another book is I didn't know what I was going to write about. Should it be about business, politics, inspiration, or motivation? Yes, there are other books with those topics brewing in my mind, but something out of the ordinary happened to me in 2021 and it's been in my heart to share it. When I first received the news, I was stunned. It absolutely took me by surprise, but oddly, I didn't get emotional about it. The follow-up letter, additional tests, and consistent information shared to me by the nurses and doctors prepared me for what was to come. They were kind and gentle with the news. Methodical, prepared, and knowledgeable about everything they expressed to me. You see, they've seen all of what I was to experience before. Probably hundreds of times with all the people they serve. But this was my first time…ever. And so, my story, my journey, will be told and is my next published work. As you read this book, you will note that I switch from first person to third person throughout. Parts of this work are direct comments from my journal on any given day. I pray that these words will be a blessing to you! "And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him; and if he has committed sins, they shall have forgiven him." James 5:15-16
About the Author
HELEN BLOCKER ADAMS is a Partner with Senior Life Insurance Company and CEO of The Adams Group Agency, LLC. She is founder of HOPE TNBC, an online initiative designed to inform, educate, empower, inspire, and exhibit hope to women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer and/or are living with it now. She is a former college professor, radio and television personality, political candidate, and serial entrepreneur. She is a passionate Triple Negative Breast Cancer advocate survivor. The oldest of four children, Blocker Adams is a military brat, born in Hampton, Va., who has travelled and lived around the world including Germany, Italy, and Okinawa, Japan. She now lives in Augusta, Ga. She has 9 nieces and nephews and 10 great nieces and nephews.