Facing Stage IV Cancer - Guest, Megan McClay

The Eye Believe Podcast

“The difference between an adventure and an ordeal is your attitude.” Bob Bitchin

Join A Cure in Sight, an ocular melanoma foundation, and special guest, Megan McClay.

"𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗯𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗿. 𝗦𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻, 𝗯𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲."

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗠𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗰𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘆, 𝟯𝟬, 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿.

𝗘𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘀 𝗮𝗴𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗮 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗿, 𝘀𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲.

"𝗜'𝗺 𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲," 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱." - excerpt from the article '𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞' featured on @BBCnews
Full article can be read here.

We'll chat briefly about her story with OM and her nuggets of wisdom of navigating the #raredisease of #ocularmelanoma to kick off this month of February where we as omies can be part of the #lightupforrare movement around the world. She shares openly and courageously about confronting her stage iv diagnosis and the sense of normalcy that she has settled into, despite the discomfort of facing her mortality on a day to day basis.
Connect with Megan on Facebook or Instagram or in social media groups.

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