Choose Your Own Illusion - A Canadian Cancer Story
Really?Solo-preneur, single mom, and now cancer patient—navigating Canada’s broken healthcare system while trying to heal, advocate, run a business, and stay sane. Sharing my journey so others don’t lose their minds in the process
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| Issues | 97 | Founded | a year ago | Last Issue | 3 days ago |
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6. The Mighty, Mighty Mitochondria: What This Actually Looks Like
Six spokes. One wheel. That was the last article.
Here’s the part I didn’t say out loud: I don’t run through a checklist every morning. I’m not standing in my kitchen going movement, check, nervous system, check. That’s not how this works...
5. Mighty, Mighty Mitochondria: How to Feed the Engine
For a long time I thought healing was a to-do list. Sleep more. Eat clean. Meditate. Move. Add it to the pile of things I was already failing to keep up with, and feel worse about myself when I missed a day.
That’s not what this is.
Artic...
4. The Mighty, Mighty Mitochondria: What’s Quietly Breaking Them
Compromised Mitochondria → Sluggish Lymphatic Drainage → Waste Backs Up → Dirtier Terrain → More Mitochondrial Stress → Repeat
That’s the loop. Not a one-time event. A feedback cycle that runs quietly in the background, compounding, until...
The Three Gongs
I debated whether I’d even do this. I’m not one for rituals, for performance — for standing in a room and asking to be watched. I didn’t think it was for me at all.
The first time, I heard it and sat in shock. It took me a moment to regist...
3. The Mighty, Mighty Mitochondria: How to Know If Yours Are Working
I was tired all the time. But I was functional. I thought that was normal.
Five hours of sleep was fine. Hypervigilant, over-scheduled, always three steps ahead — I thought that was just how I was built. Efficient. I was proud of it. What...
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Solo-preneur, single mom, and now cancer patient—navigating Canada’s broken medical system while trying to heal, advocate, run a business, and stay sane. Sharing my journey so others don’t lose their minds in the process.
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