.SherylCrow talks with us about her breast cancer diagnosis & how it impacted music BreastCancerAwarenessMonth
. But, it wasn't just Sheryl who was diagnosed: her whole community felt it."I mean my family, my friends, my band, everybody surrounded me and carried me through the process," she said. The struggle for her, though, was voicing when she needed space."That's the challenge of any diagnosis: to listen to yourself and to honor your own needs," she explained.
This time in her life was a turning point. In fact, Sheryl's radiologist advised her not to"miss out on the cancer lesson." She initially didn't know what that meant, but she soon came to realize that every lesson a cancer survivor learns is tailor made for them. Hers was being able to finally understand that it was OK to prioritize her needs before others.
Sheryl continued,"I think I was definitely guilty of that. Part of my challenge with being diagnosed was to put myself first, to learn how to say no, and to learn how to listen to my body when it came to exhaustion, and to not take care of everyone. To actually put my oxygen mask on before I put anybody else's on in order to save my own life."
Sheryl, now 57, wants women to know the statistics around dense breasts and breast cancer. An article published in the
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