IDEA MAGAZINE September-November 2015 | Page 8

ANGER: – Why God??? Why would you let this happen to me?? I talked to God, I was mad at him and the world. I thought I failed myself. I was upset with my doctors for not catching it earlier – they should have known better. I had so much rage that I failed to see the miracle. Ovarian Cancer is the deadliest of gynecological cancers because of late diagnosis. Most women mistake the symptoms as “normally” female mental problems. BARGAINING: - Maybe If I drank more water, maybe if I had addressed my abnormal periods at an early age, I would never have had the cancer. I made deals with God; if you let me live, I promise to be a very good girl and to attend church 3 time a week. Maybe I took too many classes and over worked my body. Maybe this, Maybe that! DEPRESSION: – well…after pleading with God and offering unending promises, I had to face my r