The Trauma of a Stage Four Cancer Diagnosis: Elliot’s story of his wife’s Stage 4 Cancer diagnosis, their fight against the disease, and the resulting experiences of grief and acceptance | 53
One of the more common known phrases in the Western World is “In sickness and in health”. While many of us vow to honor these words, it is not often something that is encountered early in life. Please join us today as Elliot tells the brave story of his wife’s Stage 4 Cancer diagnosis, their struggles through the progression of the disease, and the love, mercy, and grief that often accompanies the profound challenges of sickness in a spouse.
Link to a book recommended by Elliot: https://www.amazon.com/Widowers-Notebook-Memoir-Jonathan-Santlofer/dp/0143132490
Link to Charity Supporting and Advocating for those diagnosed with Stage 4 Cancer: https://www.metavivor.org/
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Elliot Schulz
Widower
A fellow former Monticello scholastic bowl veteran that was living an unremarkable, but happy life, until 2017. My wife of 5 years and partner of 12 years was diagnosed with late stage cancer and over the course of 14 months went through all the ups and downs that entails until her death in 2018.
Happy to talk through the good, bad, ugly, and slightly absurd things that this entails, and how keeping a journal got me through a lot of the really bad times.
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