marie.dariel

Introducing the man who makes me the happiest one-eyed woman on Earth…






**kcancer
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Back in Paris, with . It’s so good to be home and surrounded by love. 🙏

Le bonheur, encore et encore.

Just received this wonderful note from my oncologist: “CT scan and MRI scan look good, no evidence of any cancer! Enjoy life in full!!”

I’m healed!! So relieved and so so happy!!
And YES, I’m going to enjoy life in full!!!

Thank you everyone for your incredible support since January! In 5 years we’ll celebrate complete remission!

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It doesn’t have to be a war.

I’d rather call it a dance.
I didn’t fight cancer.
I embraced it.
I danced with it for a few weeks, a few months. And I will carry on if I have to.
I came so close to the taste of death, it reminded me how much I still wanted to be and feel alive. Like an immediate kick in the pants triggered by the simple words “you have cancer”.

To live and love and grow and blossom and radiate and move and write have never been such intense desires.

For this, I am grateful to cancer.
It has been a very special companion during global lockdown.

Like this ballet choreographed by , composed by and inspired by the works of Virginia Woolf - the most beautiful and meaningful ballet I have ever seen - my journey with cancer has taken me to places of self-exploration and transformation, where my only reality was the strength and fragility of my body, my intuition and my faith in the process of healing.
It’s been an incredibly rich period of interwoven thoughts and dialogues, maybe the first truly honest exploration into the complexity of living, where I have found again many parts of myself that daily life had silenced. Letting all this flow and come back to the surface like a stream of consciousness has been both a necessary part of my healing and a privilege, and I am grateful to those who have encouraged it and listened to me.

Remission is also a mindset.

It is not uncommon for cancer survivors to use the experience of living with and beating cancer as an opportunity for creative self-transformation.
In my case, I have the extraordinary privilege to work with my lifelong friend and artist to create beauty and meaning out of adversity and disfigurement.
Fleur is going to sculpt a bust and cast a bronze of my face, head and shoulders, in a way that shows the invisible behind the visible, and transform what cancer has violently stolen from me into a gift of beauty, strength and freedom - through her art.

I’m happy to share with you all this journey of healing, life and friendship. It’s only the beginning and we will finish it for our 40th birthdays!

Thank you for the beautiful photos and support 🙏

**kcancer

Finally ready for a swim!! 🧜🏻‍♀️
Normandy, Côte d’Azur, Provence, Paris, here we are!!!
So happy!!
Happy holidays everyone
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**kcancer @ France

Everything changes and nothing stands still.... First night without any painkillers or sedatives!
A huge step forward out of the post cancer-treatment tunnel!
I have permanently lost my right eyebrow and part of the left one, and I have suffered a lot during the past 6 weeks but I won’t give up on trying to stay feminine and dignified.
My wonderful friend always says « less is more », loss can also be a gain, and in my case, I’ll have to go forward with this positive mindset.
Thank you to those who haven’t stopped believing in me.

Have a beautiful weekend!
Sending love and positivity to everyone 🧚

Time heals...




Photo .dariel 😊

Thank you for bringing to us another side of what’s happening right now in the US and in the world. It is inspiring. We know it is not enough yet but it means so much already. We need hope to be a force for good.
We cannot be neutral.

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My loving, caring, funny, gentle, beautiful radiographers 💕



**kcancer @ The Rutherford Cancer Center Thames Valley

Mon cœur. My heart.