{"id":156,"date":"2018-03-20T15:46:24","date_gmt":"2018-03-20T15:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/cancerservicesresearch\/?p=156"},"modified":"2018-03-22T23:00:17","modified_gmt":"2018-03-22T23:00:17","slug":"phoenix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/cancerservicesresearch\/phoenix\/","title":{"rendered":"Phoenix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-105 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/cancerservicesresearch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/546\/2018\/03\/phoenix.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"828\" height=\"554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/cancerservicesresearch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/546\/2018\/03\/phoenix.jpg 828w, https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/cancerservicesresearch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/546\/2018\/03\/phoenix-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/cancerservicesresearch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/546\/2018\/03\/phoenix-768x514.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Healing with Gold<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>I didn<\/strong><strong>\u2019<\/strong><strong>t hate my left breast, I still loved her.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>She was part of me and I dreaded losing her forever.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>She would be resurrected from the ashes, like the Phoenix.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>That<\/strong><strong>\u2019<\/strong><strong>s what I called her, the new one, Phoenix.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>My spirit had to become the Phoenix too.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>From being broken down I had to rise high.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Well, I didn<\/strong><strong>\u2019<\/strong><strong>t have to, but I chose to. I chose to look to the light above me.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I<\/strong><strong>\u2019<\/strong><strong>m being healed with gold, like the art of Kintsugi.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>What was broken will be more beautiful.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I love my new body, she tells the story of a warrior.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>My body is my life and my friend, not my enemy,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>and beautiful despite the changes.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I was given a second chance,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And I<\/strong><strong>\u2019<\/strong><strong>m in awe of how strangers mended me.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>They are forever a part of me now.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>As I grow from the broken cracks, healing with gold,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>There will be a day that I will be at peace,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The pain an echo only.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>It\u2019s a day I long for.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Adriana, breast cancer survivor<\/p>\n<p>Adriana has also set up a new <a href=\"https:\/\/breastcancerartproject.wordpress.com\/\">Breast Cancer Art<\/a> platform, connecting women across the world<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&nbsp; Healing with Gold &nbsp; I didn\u2019t hate my left breast, I still loved her.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 She was part of me and I dreaded losing her forever. 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