My Darkest Hour
My Darkest Hour: A Personal Letter to a Friend. It was Spring, May 2011, just three months after doing alternative cancer treatment at CMN hospital in San Luis, Sonora, Mexico. I had stage 4 breast cancer that had aggressively spread to all lobes of my lungs, bones, and lymph nodes. I was in a lot of pain, terrified, and afraid the treatment was not working. I get emails from brave cancer warriors (Mostly women late stage) asking me how long it took to start noticing my body healing after treatment? My answer is not what you would think
Cancer Crossroads
I respect every cancer treatment choice because I have so many family members who have faced these hard choices; Over twenty family members. If we choose standard cancer treatments like chemotherapy, we know it compromises our immune system to successfully kill cancer cells. There are things to consider. My cancer journey started in 2006
She Designed A Life She Loved
She Designed A Life She Loved.
My dad was an artist and taught me art therapy the first time I had cancer in 2006. He was battling cancer, too, and was such an inspiration to me. He’s in heaven now, but his words still inspire me. I was blessed to think of recording many of our conversations in his final year before stepping into heaven that I now listen to whenever I miss him! My dad was a teacher, so he always included a lesson somewhere in our conversations because that was his gift. I always left his house feeling more faith, inspired, and empowered.
Learning What Love is
We gravitate to what we know; the familiar and Michael's love was so gentle, constant, and unique but unfamiliar to me. I thought that the "familiar kind of love," which kind of feels like slipping on a pair of old shoes, is somewhat comfortable but always mixed with pain. It could not work out for us back in 1993.
Love Ourselves As We Do Our Neighbors
We must have self-compassion in order “to love others. When we have shame, self-criticism, guilt, and resentment, we cannot love others as You ask us to. It is an insincere imitation to please another. We must accept Your Love first, and then the Love you gave us will pour out genuinely.
The Cancer Journey
Looking Ahead with Hope and Determination after healing from Stage 4 Breast Cancer
Today, as I continue to walk this path, I do so with a heart full of gratitude, a spirit buoyed by faith, and a mind open to the lessons still to come. The road ahead may hold more crossroads, but the journey thus far has equipped me with the strength, wisdom, and courage to face them with hope.
To those of you facing a cancer diagnosis, remember this: You are not alone. Your story is a beacon for others, just as other stories illuminate your path. Together, with hope as our compass, we can navigate the most challenging journeys.
In sharing these reflections, my aim is to offer solace and solidarity. Our stories, woven together, create a tapestry rich with the strength of shared experiences and the beauty of communal resilience. May we all move forward with the grace of gratitude, the courage of conviction, and the unwavering belief that even in our darkest moments, there is light.
Healed From Breast Cancer
Photo of Shannon Knight with Dr. Payan and Dr. Campa at CMN Hospital. I've been completely healed from stage 4 breast cancer since 2011. And here's the kicker—I never underwent chemotherapy or relied on hormone blockers. Healing completely from stage 4 breast cancer in 2011 is a blessing and it is understandable that people may be confused on what I did to heal. You can contact me here for more answers to questions that may not be on my website contact form When faced with a cancer diagnosis, many of us feel the urge to connect with survivors. But in the midst of anxiety and the desperate search for answers, it's easy to mix up different stories of triumph.
God Clears a Path Always
I like to think of the Lord as He is A leader and my Heavenly Father who is always ahead of me, making a path for me to follow. When things seem to be a big mess, and you can’t find your way, we can get tangled up pretty bad sometimes, or circumstances can put us in places we never thought we’d be.
Journey of the Heart
In my younger years, I tended to be less responsive to the gentle nudges from God on what the right thing to do at other crossroads in my life. It took one crisis, then another, and many more before I hit a life-changing crossroads in my life where I was facing the most traumatic crisis of all...-my death. In 2010, I had a recurrence of stage 4 breast cancer and became severely ill after surgery and radiation with a staph infection; cancer had spread to my bones and all lobes of my lungs. My doctor told me I had only months to live, and at that moment, shock hit me, and I panicked.
It wasn't until I took a walk one evening on the beach just before sunset. I will never forget what happened that day. I walked until I came to a private area where no one was around. I lay down in the warm sand…
What People Say And What We Hear
Cancer is a sensitive conversational subject with family and friends. What to say and what not say to someone with a cancer diagnosis is a mystery and confusing. The post is about family and friends communicating with their loved ones who have a diagnosis of cancer. I have always found that even as a survivor over nine years out, it is hard to figure out what to say or advise a loved one on what to say to an individual diagnosed with cancer. I see myself as someone who battled cancer (an enemy wanted to kill me from the inside out). I am a cancer survivor! I CONQUERED IT!
Mother’s Day
Mom, you were introduced to motherhood starting out carrying twins, and we each weighed six lbs eight ounces! That is a lot to carry, and once we were out of the safest place ever; in your womb, you took care of us, and it was double duty. You had to use different colored diaper pins to tell us apart.
Meet My Son and Daughter
My son Kyle and daughter Jessica. They were good kids growing up; never unkind to one another. No screaming, no hitting, they even baptized each other and made me wait in the car when they went to do this. Kids pretend a lot of things but this was
Last Dance With My Father
I and my father both had cancer in this video. I was stage 4 and God blessed me with the strength to dance this evening. My dad stepped into heaven on May 31, 2019, after a long battle with cancer. I miss him, but oh, how I relive this dance over and over.
World Cancer Day is on My Birthday, February 4
Isn't it ironic that my birthday, February 4th is World Cancer Day? Both my twin sister and I are breast cancer survivors? I found this out only a couple of years ago.
The Pride Of The Peacock Is The Glory Of God
He made another wrong turn and drove down a residential street, driving more abruptly now. He was pretty upset, and I was starting to feel unsafe and nervous. I prayed for peace to wash over him. All of a sudden, there were peacocks EVERYWHERE!
Christmas Star
As 2020 comes to a close, the solar system has decided to grace us with a Christmas miracle that hasn't been witnessed in nearly 800 years. On Dec. 21
Emotional Trauma From Losing a Pet
My dog Louie got out! He has three legs and does not know the neighborhood. He is 75% blind and the fear I felt was devastating at 6 AM. He only has three legs, and I had to call out for him up and down the streets.
