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Lisa Vento Nielsen

Lisa is sharing her breast cancer exploits as a mom, a wife, a young cancer patient and a newly formed nonprofit foundation helping patients get back to work. She can’t fly but she can tell it like it is, sharing from mastectomies to dealing with young children who are scared mama’s going to die — she’s a survivor in training, though, and a superhero to boot, so don’t count her out!

Articles

Life In the Big City...

This summer I am bouncing, and though I am not posting stuff, I am still writing and looking for my voice and how I want my own story to go.

Two Years Post-Chemo…and a Social Update

How do you calm your soul and let things go?

April Goals

I also know that sometimes things change and that I cannot worry, I just have to let go and let God. (It is NOT easy but I am trying.)

Why YOU Should Buy My House (Or SHARE THIS POST WITH SOMEONE WHO MIGHT)

We brought home our babies to this house. I survived cancer in this home, surrounded by love and support.

Why I Want to Serve & My Inspiration...

What I learned in Italy was inspired to do is to live a life of service and to make the offerings free, to focus on giving.

I Have Been Repurposed

My life is forever changed by being a part of the Compassion That Compels family.

Fear & Worry

I declare it now — I am ready to move, I am ready to let go and I am ready to NOT be held prisoner by my fears and instead to live in HOPE.

Clinical Trial Month 21 of 24 … Ibrance

The decision to sign up for a clinical trial is not easy; there are risks for everything we do in terms of health and wellness.

Padre Pio & Me — My Journey Back to Italy After 14+ Years...

Find out about my journey, my religious experiences and faith.

Hot topics

Breast Cancer

Lung Cancer

Liver Cancer

Prostate Cancer

Cancer Treatment

Cancer Screening

Ovarian Cancer

Blood Cancers - Leukemia/Lymphoma/Multiple Myeloma

Fight Cancer Global Interview [VIDEO]

I will NEVER thank cancer for anything, but I do recognize some of the changes I have made are for the better

February Manifestations & Writer’s Block…

Two years ago today I had my second round of chemo and was counting down to the next one, and now I am counting down to my trip to Italy.

Economics 101... The Impact of the Government Shutdown on the Economy

Many of you do not know this about me, but I am an economics professor — and kind of obsessed with the world of economics.

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Holiday, Follow-Ups and Mammos...Oh My...

Being told my surgical appointments were at an end was my first kind of untangling from my frequent follow-ups at Sloan.

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FREE Teleseminar: Shattered Woman Rising — Let’s RISE Together!

The topic looks at the unique challenges of being women and balancing our lives through disease, destruction, addiction, abuse, and more.

breast cancer, family, religion, church, children

At a Crossroads...

Something I am realizing is that it takes a village to survive life, period.

On the Eve of the Eve... Looking to 2019...

I have to say that 2018 was a learning experience for me; I found a way to balance out my fears and stay focused on today.

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Grace Goddess Photos — The Grace Project & Me...

Though I did slowly find myself falling in love with my body, the idea of showing my breast was petrifying.

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Super Mom — Or, What It’s Like to Be a Mom and Get Cancer...

I know enough about breast cancer to know there are no “guarantees,” though my children need to have them.