Faith Gives Us Courage: How I Reached Past My Trauma and Became an Advocate for Cancer Patients & Survivors

When I asked God what I should write about today, the message I received is that faith gives us courage.

Faith that there is a greater purpose to our life’s events and a greater plan unfolding, sometimes invisibly, sometimes in the midst of incredible pain and heartbreak.

This faith gives us the courage to reach out beyond ourselves and do what is called for.

I am experiencing this in my life right now.

A handful of months ago it occurred me that the institution that ran a medical research study I participated in as part of my cancer treatment was no longer collecting data on its subjects.

At least, they were no longer collecting data on me.

As the first person treated with all protons at The UF Proton Therapy Institute, I can surmise that they are not collecting data on the long-term survivors who received experimental radiation at their facility.

The study I took part in began in 2009 and was published in 2014. This medical research paper is available online.

I noticed that much of this institute’s marketing lies in the claim of causing less damage and potentially, less late-effects…