Hey Cheyann: I stumbled upon your page today. I know you probably get these comments constantly, but I just wanted to say that you’ve inspired yet another person. Thank You for your positivity, strength, and humor. Also your strength and faith are beautiful- and don’t surprise me at all. Survivors are everywhere and you put up one hell of a fight 🏻 I’m also thankful for your health, for your experience, and for your willingness to share your story with the world. https://www.instagram.com/cheymarie_fit/
Cheyann States: “When I was first diagnosed August 3rd, 2016, I was really scared, but it went away quickly. I knew that I had no choice but to fight. I wasn’t going to let cancer win. I knew that my husband and family needed me – there was no way I am leaving them. So that is when I put my boxing gloves on and got in the ring to knock cancer out.”
This is hard for me to post… this was a photo taken on November 26, 2016
Left- Before we knew I had cancer. I was a solid 130lbs and 15% body fat.
Also had a nice little booty growing back there. –
Right- was taken Stage 4 Low Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer. After almost 14 days in the hospital, a poop bag, and a major surgery; I stand at 105lbs and that’s way to small for me. I’m 5″5. I lost everything. Cancer has taken so much from me. The body I worked so hard for 2 years to get, the ability to have and carry my own child, my hair, and so much more, was all taken from me. But one thing for sure is that cancer did not take my determination to fight and my faith. –
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I will never stop fighting. I will never lose my faith. I will never let cancer win. Some days may have been rough days for me mentally, but that’s okay. Because I knew tomorrow would be much better and I’m thankful to be alive and to see another day. I knew GOD is up there working and I know he will give me the strength to fight, also the light to see in the darkness, and will lay his healing hands on me. –
Shaw’s was always optimistic that she would recover and get back to her muscular self. “I have a hard time looking at myself in the mirror, but I’m learning to love myself again, and I knew deep inside my being this would be only temporary.”
Some good news: when doctors gave Cheyann the OK to start lifting light weights. Before cancer, she could curl 30 pounds with ease. After cancer she knew she would be starting over in the gym, but she was up for the challenge. Cheyann also stated on Instagram, “I’ll be starting at square one again, but that’s okay, that just means I will come back better and stronger and I’ll also have a new badass scar.”
This is the toughest battle I have and will ever face in my life, but I know I can do it. The hardest part of all this is my body change. I have a hard time looking at myself in the mirror but I’m learning to love myself again and I know this is only temporary. Once I get the clear light to workout, I’ll be in the gym banging those weights🏻
This is the most recent Instagram post below: September 4, 2018
Started the morning off with some much needed beach time 🏻
Yesterday was a good day but a weird day for me, so I decided to not let yesterday’s funk roll over to today and took my lil peach to the beach. The beach has become my home away from home. A place I can collect my thoughts and where I started to feel centered again. For me, time stands still at the beach and for a person who’s mind/ body is always on the go — time standing still is sometimes much needed.🦋
Your health is 🦋 MOST IMPORTANT 🦋
Ps. I haven’t used anything on my scars. They have naturally faded and I believe it has something to do with genetics 🙂
And I can’t believe how far I have come in 2 short years.
Ginger Hultin, M.S., R.D.N., a certified specialist in oncology nutrition, tells that weight fluctuations can often happen when someone is fighting cancer. Also some patients experience unintended weight loss, while others experience unintended weight gain. See her long-time nutrition blog ChampagneNutrition.com
As for weight loss, Hultin cites a number of potential causes, including a taxing healing process after surgery, digestion issues, and more. “People can lose lean body mass, and there can be a lot of muscle mass loss,” Hultin says. “And people also are sometimes doing less physical activity because they’re feeling tired.”
Loss of appetite is also a common side effect of chemotherapy, according to the Mayo Clinic. Hultin explains that chemotherapy can shift a person’s tastes, too. “Lots of taste changes can cause avoidance of protein-rich food, so that can cause weight changes, too,” she says. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeYoX-Qwnwk