{"id":17578,"date":"2015-11-11T12:51:38","date_gmt":"2015-11-11T01:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafedelites.com\/?page_id=17578"},"modified":"2024-05-10T16:17:05","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T06:17:05","slug":"liberation-breaking-the-chains-to-survival-and-freedom","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cafedelites.com\/about-karina\/liberation-breaking-the-chains-to-survival-and-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"LIBERATION &#8211; Breaking The Chains To Survival And Freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Writing my book, Liberation &#8211; Breaking The Chains To Survival And Freedom was a huge thing to do, revealing so much of my personal &#8216;stuff&#8217; with cancer to shed light on what we go through in our heads, in our hearts, and in our deepest fears and subconscious.<\/p>\n<p>The devastation of being diagnosed with Hodgkin\u2019s Lymphoma was a crushing blow. The intense love for my family is where I found my strength to face the journey itself while dealing with the possibility of losing my battle with cancer.<\/p>\n<p>Reliving these experiences has been a secondary journey in itself. And now my book is available on Amazon! Read the very personal accounts of how I broke through the chains of cancer, through the highs and the lows, for my very own piece of salvation &#8212; Liberation.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of people lose their lives to lymphoma &#8211; a type of blood cancer &#8212; that we never really hear about. Lymphoma is the 5th most common cancer in Australia but is overlooked on a global scale. Sadly, it can take a patient anywhere from six months to a year, sometimes longer, to discover their tumors. The symptoms it carries are often ignored, simply because there is not enough awareness. Which I why I wrote this book!<\/p>\n<p>Before chemotherapy, I researched the internet to find out more about this blood cancer &#8212; experiences from real people living with this disease. I wanted to know about every emotion, and every experience, from people living with cancer. So I made a promise to write about every detail throughout my journey and eventually (6 months later), about life after cancer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cafedelites.com\/category\/my-book-in-previews\/\">Read an excerpt directly from the book.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Watch <a href=\"https:\/\/cafedelites.com\/cancer-zumba\/\" rel=\"\">an interview about my journey with Channel 7&#8217;s Today Tonight<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Writing my book, Liberation &#8211; Breaking The Chains To Survival And Freedom was a huge thing to do, revealing so&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17576,"parent":284,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_stopmodifiedupdate":false,"_modified_date":"","limit_modified_date":"","last_modified_date":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["type-page"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.3 (Yoast SEO v28.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>LIBERATION - Breaking The Chains To Survival And Freedom - Cafe Delites<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The devastation of being diagnosed with Hodgkin\u2019s Lymphoma was a crushing blow. 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