Illness & Health

From Breast Cancer to Creating a Website of
Shared Stories of Turning Lemons into Lemonade

by Samantha Harris, California

I am a breast cancer survivor.  Those were the lemons I was dealt.  How did I make lemonade?  Well, please allow me to digress. I am an entertainment news journalist trained at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism and made my way in Hollywood beginning with many failed TV pilots, a few lame cable shows and some guest hosting gigs on the big network morning shows.  Eventually, and with much perseverance (and finally a network primetime show under my belt), I landed as the weekend host and fulltime correspondent for EXTRA, followed by E! News, then toThe Insider and Entertainment Tonight.

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JAN
2015

From Stage 3b Breast Cancer To Not Sweating the Small Stuff

Breast cancer was my lemon. My life and not allowing the little things to bring me down is my lemonade. In Fall of 2010, at age 42, I went to my...
15
JAN
2015

From Surviving Cancer Twice to Writing Tips and Tales for a Clean Lifestyle

Metastatic cancer was my lemon. Embracing and writing about a clean lifestyle is my lemonade. I was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 31. It...
04
DEC
2014

From Breast Cancer to Writing A Children’s Book

Breast Cancer was my lemon.  Writing a book for children is my lemonade. I spent my 40th birthday in the operating room, surgeons skillfully...
04
DEC
2014

From Breast Cancer And Survivors Guilt To Helping Children By Becoming An Author

Breast cancer was my lemon.  Writing a book to help parent’s navigate the cancer journey with their kids is my lemonade. My motto: Live your life...
02
DEC
2014

From Sterilizing Cancer Treatment to Motherhood and Helping Other Survivors Achieve Their Dreams of Parenthood

Receiving a breast cancer diagnosis at 31-years-old was definitely a lemon. But learning chemotherapy would likely leave me infertile was the...
18
NOV
2014

From Diabetic and Food Insecure to a Healthier Way of Life

(shared via FeedingAmerica.org) Judy lost her job of 33 years and money became extremely tight.  She realized she needed a little extra help and...
17
NOV
2014

From Attempted Suicide To Self-Empowerment

Depression was my lemon.  Self empowerment through sharing my story is my lemonade. Over three years ago, I made a choice that could have changed...
16
NOV
2014

From My Mom’s Breast Cancer To Helping Others Recover

My mother’s breast cancer was my lemon. Helping others in their recovery process is my lemonade. Breast cancer saved my mom’s life! As crazy as...
15
NOV
2014

From Nearly Dying From An Autoimmune Disease To Self-Curing Through Diet Then Helping Others

An incurable autoimmune disease was my lemon. Using my story to impact hundreds of thousands of people is my lemonade. For months, I suffered...
14
NOV
2014

From Lyme Disease And Other Ailments To Becoming A Doctor To Heal Others

Lyme, allergies, and illness were my lemons. Overcoming all of them and going to school to become a doctor so that I can help others heal is my...
11
NOV
2014

From My Wife’s Cancer Diagnosis To A Sense Of Humor And Better Communication

My wife’s breast cancer was my lemon. Humor and talking have been my lemonade. More accurately, it’s been our lemonade. Two-and-a-half years ago,...
06
NOV
2014

From The Physical Pain Of Multiple Sclerosis To Asymptomatic Health Through Major Diet Changes

Multiple Sclerosis was my lemon.  Making huge changes to reverse my symptoms, becoming a certified health and wellness coach, and dedicating my...
04
NOV
2014

From Stage IV Cancer To Fearlessness And Diet-Induced Remission

Stage IV Ovarian Cancer was my lemon. My will to live, to see my son grow up, was my lemonade. I am a 32-year-old mother of a toddler and a stage...
03
NOV
2014

From Being Diagnosed With Multiple Sclerosis to Newfound Techniques To Slow Down and Accomplish More With Less

My lemon is multiple sclerosis.  My lemonade is affording people equal opportunity & sharing my music.
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OCT
2014

From Breast Cancer Survivor to Fighting for MRI Sreenings for Uninsured Women and Those Without Financial Flexibility

Breast cancer at age 36 was my lemon. Helping to ensure that even those without the financial means get the proper screening to detect breast...
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