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Janine Stellacci

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Survivor of stage 3B Rectal Cancer, advocate for screenings and wellness, exercise enthusiast, and lover of all things sports, AF1s, and my puppy

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In October, we wear pink.

Nobody fights alone.

From a #rectalcancer survivor to all those fighting and surviving #breastcancer - and every other type of cancer out there. For all those who had treatment that saved their lives and changed their bodies. For all of you out there who had bodies forced into menopause years before your time. For all those who manage feelings of being grateful to be alive with feelings of absolute rage at what your body dealt with and is still navigating. For everyone trying to figure out a new normal that is anything but.

I see you. Sending all the good vibes and positive energy your way.

#fcancer
#protectyourpeach
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3 days ago

I might bleed crimson, but I drink blue.

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13 days ago

In #cancersurvivorship the body is an unrelenting scorekeeper. It does not forget, and it rarely forgives.

So we stack the odds however we can.

How do you stack the odds?

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16 days ago

With all the weight that cancer survivors carry, building strength every day is not negotiable.

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19 days ago

September is Pain Awareness Month. As a Stage 3B Rectal Cancer Survivor, I’m acutely aware of pain. This isn’t a lamenting post (it would be fine if it was); this is the reality of survivorship life. I’ve had to redefine what my definition of feeling “good” is - survivorship is a continuum, and some days simply moving through it is good enough. Pain is a constant companion; she ebbs and flows like a shadow. She’s there in the hip and lower back pain that greets me every morning and intensifies throughout the day. She’s in every muscle of my body- post cancer fatigue is a part of life I can’t actively think about anymore, but as fatigue intensifies, so does the stress my body holds, and there’s pain that comes with constant stress.The nuanced bootie pain feels like someone is sticking a red hot razor blade where the sun don’t shine, anywhere from a few minutes a few times a day to seemingly endless days on end. And honestly? The crazy part is that it is all IMMENSELY better than it used to be, and I have it so much better than most of my companions on this cancer-venture that none of us asked for. AND, the complexity of pain is that I can be grateful to be alive and to have a body that I fight for that allows me to do the things I do, and yet be primally angry about her present state.

And so. I run, for all that I feel but cannot put into words. I scream into the void while driving Truffle Bean, because she’s a place where nobody can hear me. (Oddly therapeutic, if you’ve not tried it.) And I’ll go into the weekend one step closer to good. Whatever that looks like on any given day.

IYKYK. Sending 💙 to all my peeps.

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21 days ago

Maybe. Just maybe. She can start to do the things she loves again, with the people she loves, without cancer and cancer recovery taking center stage.

It’s always going to be intentional. The recent realization? The word “balance” no longer applies. But this weekend, I controlled the narrative, instead of my body controlling me. Got out for half of the Bama game yesterday - watching the TIDE ROLL over Kentucky @liveoaknashville - Came home at halftime to rest. I didn’t want to, but I listened to my body when she said she’d had enough and needed to rest before Titans Sunday FunYAY!

The balance? This gal collapsed in bed Friday night around 7pm, bc the week kicked her ass. 10+ hours of sleep each night. Careful nutrition and hydration, making sure protein and fiber was taken care of. 90+ min working out each morning in a mix of @onepeloton classes and @shaktipoweryoga

She’d never be who she was again. But this weekend, she got to feel a little closer to who she’d like to be, to live the life she fought so fiercely hard to protect.

(AND. Set a new post-cancer PR in a 45 ride with the Queen herself, @robinnyc - “RATTLE THE AGE CAGE!”)

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a month ago

STILL Kinda chic…

To survive Stage 3B Rectal Cancer. To be 21 months out, still not trust your body, be viscerally angry AF with all that it STILL deals with and STILL spend every waking moment trying to rebuild it and protect it.

Survivorship is a wild ride. There’s no blueprint. No class plan. There’s just managing the roller coaster of the physical & mental mind game, and STILL showing up. Not to chase the former you, but to redefine what it means to be you.

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a month ago

Things I’ve learned as a Stage 3B Rectal Cancer Survivor:

I can’t beat the exhaustion. But I can learn to move through it.

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a month ago

I recently hit my 1000th strength class milestone at @onepeloton

1000 classes. 1000 times that I made a decision to lift heavy shit. 1000 times I made a decision to tax my nervous system on purpose.

And for the last 2 1/2 years, I made these decisions with a body that was often rebelling against me. A body that burned from the inside out with limbs that felt like they were made of broken glass.

And I’d make the decision again as many thousand times as my body allows. Because when I was laying in a hospital bed, other than coming home to @mattrizzo81 and @hattrickparmesan , all I wanted to do was move my body.

Strength is a choice. Here’s to the next of many thousands.

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a month ago

There’s strength in waking up at 4 AM to do what you need to do for your body before the day takes what it wants to from you.

There’s strength in not having the time, but making the time anyway. Because the alternative is so much worse.

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2 months ago

Cancer survivorship rollercoaster, the August edition 🤣. I spent last night in a ton of pain. I haven’t been in that level of pain in months. Cue the nightmares that happened all night. IYKYK. My body’s reminder that I’m not healed yet. But, she is healing faster after the tough days than she used to so I will take the win!

Today is better. Back at it! Tearing up 17.5 miles @onepeloton and an amazing yoga sesh @shaktipoweryoga, and spending time with my love @mattrizzo81

Living for the spaces in between.

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2 months ago

Some days, I need a reminder that I’m strong.

Because cancer survivorship is exhausting. Because the fatigue, body aches, GI distress and brain fog have become a part of my daily life.

And I hate that.

It can be enraging. Frustrating. Bordering on the absurd.

I choose to use those feelings as fuel.

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