By Nelson A. King
Cecille White continues to
give the Almighty thanks for
enabling her to enter seven years
without breast cancer.
“This is yet another year that
I give God thanks and praise
for yet another year on this glorious
earth,” Barbadian-born
White told Caribbean Life Sunday
evening. “This is going into
my seventh year that Almighty
God has healed my body from
breast Cancer.
“I have seen and known of others
that have succumbed to this
dreaded disease, but, because
of His grace and mercy, I am
standing,” the Canarsie, Brooklyn
resident added. “I thank God
every second of every day. I can
still remember that day I got my
diagnosis.
“To be the recipient of such
news, I can tell my story; but,
through all of livened events, I
strive on,” White continued. “I
still continue to live a healthy
lifestyle and follow doctors’
orders in maintaining my twice
annual mammogram and ultrasound
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appointments, of which
I’m scheduled, ironically on Oct.
24.
“If I can be of any solace or
consolation to any one, let me
assure you that breast cancer
is not a life sentence,” she said.
“I am still strong, still working
and still enjoying all of the many
gifts that life has to offer, while
taking the medication that has
been prescribed to me, of which
I have to take for yet another
three years,” she said. “I have put
the fear of it returning behind
me, for God has given me that
inner peace and has equipped
me with the strength.”
White said her friends and
church family still maintain
their presence in her life and
encourage here in maintaining a
healthy lifestyle.
“To all the ladies out there,
get your mammograms, along
with their ultrasound,” she
urged. “Detecting this disease
early is of utmost importance.
So, do not reluctantly put off
doing this.”
White, 64, urged men to do
the same.
“This does not apply
only to women but to men
as well, because men do
have breast cancer,”
she stressed. “Yes,
yes, yes, it’s a
crazy world,
with all its illnesses
and diseases.
But I pray that, one day, there
will be a cure for this dreaded
disease, cancer.
“In spite of it all, I stand tall in
giving my Creator all the glory
and all the praise for giving me
yet another year on this wonderful
and glorious earth, living
by the mantra that ‘I can do
all things through Christ who
strengthens me,’” White added.
“If I can, you can.”
White, who was diagnosed in
February 2015 with the “Big C”
– cancer,” first told her story to
Caribbean Life two years ago.
In quoting Dave Pelzer,
an American author, of several
autobiographical and self-help
books, White initially told Caribbean
Life: “You can be a victim
Barbadian Cecile White in the sanctuary at Fenimore Street
United Methodist Church in Brooklyn. Courtesy Cecille White
of cancer or a survivor of cancer.
It’s a mindset.”
With this mindset, she said
that she was determined to beat
the odds, with the help of family
and close friends.
“It was very difficult to process,
and even harder to treat,”
said White, stating that treatment
included 45 “long rounds”
of radiation therapy, as well as
“many lifestyle adjustments.”
She said it was “a battle” for
her, but, with the support of her
children, family and friends, she
was “continuing on.”
Cecille White enters seven
years without breast cancer
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