Lead Summary
ALGONA – Jamie O’Neall will tell you that her battle with cancer has changed her emotionally, physically and mentally.
“Emotionally because it really brings to light just how important it is to savor life and live it to the fullest,” she said. “Physically because of everything it does to your body. And mentally, because I truly feel a majority of the healing is mind over matter.”
She added that the experience is a constant inner struggle and the mind is always racing. “You just have to keep reminding yourself that it is what it is and you just have to deal,” O’Neall said.
To read more of this story, see the Oct. 20 issue of the Algona Upper Des Moines