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CANCER IS MY BLESSING
Lonnie Bush from Raytown, Missouri, is living life bold and beautiful at fifty-one years of age and a survivor from triple-negative breast cancer, which is the most aggressive form and highest recurrence of breast cancer known. She is the mother of two adult children and four beautiful grandchildren. Lonnie never suspected breast cancer, she never smoked and she was a fitness guru daily.
She works for the Ford motor company for thir ty years and is striving, looking forward to her retirement. She is the owner of “Lonnie Bush Fitness Center'', she owns a non-profit “Celebration of Life”, author and a medical marijuana cultivator specializing in natural medical cannabis-infused products to help people heal. She is truly making the most out of the second life God has blessed her with.
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Lonnie was diagnosed with breast cancer at thir ty-nine years of age. She was dealing with a lump she found herself. She was a single parent and worked on parenting and dealing with this disease surrounded by family and friends. She was given a five-year survival and still living after ten years.
Lonnie encourages everyone that the doctors don’t always have the last say and that you never know how strong you are until you have to be strong.
When she started her battle with breast cancer her children were young and she continued working and striving for her family and clients, so they could see that they could still fight with hope and dignity.
Lonnie is now in her third reconstruction surgery to rebuild her breast. Through it all she does walks, speaking engagements, visit cancer centers, and teaches early detection to save lives. In her book “Cancer was my blessing”, she shares the process of surviving cancer and how to live past it. She gives her book for free to people battling cancer to encourage positivity is the best way to combat the disease. She works in her community to help other cancer patients and has fundraisers year-round to help families who are struggling financially and mentally with cancer.
Lonnie is a firm believer that your body fights stress, you choose to win the battle. She states “You can survive, and still fight the fight and not get defeated”. Lonnie is retiring on December 23rd and will be relocating to Florida because water gives her a sense of peace. She will continue helping others in their journey of fighting cancer. She is moving forward with God’s help to continue her fight for others. Read more about Lonnie’s journey in how cancer was her blessing in her book “Cancer was my blessings”. You can find her book on Amazon, Kindle, or her website, www. lonniebushfitness.com
Follow her on social media: Celebration of life- Facebook Lonnie Bush Fitness - Facebook Lonnie bush 1- Instagram Scars of Survival magazines commends Lonnie in her efforts to continue the fight against cancer and helping her community fight the good fight and learn to live life at its best, day by day.
