Facing Stage IV Cancer - Guest, Megan McClay
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โThe difference between an adventure and an ordeal is your attitude.โ Bob Bitchin
Join A Cure in Sight, an ocular melanoma foundation, and special guest, Megan McClay.
"๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ด๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ต๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ. ๐ฆ๐น๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ป, ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ณ๐๐น ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ."
๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐ป ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐น๐ฎ๐, ๐ฏ๐ฌ, ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ถ๐ ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ.
๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ต๐ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐น๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ฐ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐๐ฟ, ๐๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ.
"๐'๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ป'๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ," ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฑ." - excerpt from the article '๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐' 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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