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Losing my stomach changed my life in ways I didn’t expect

GrzegorzZareba
GrzegorzZareba CSN Member Posts: 1 *
in Stomach Cancer #1

Hi everyone,

I wanted to share a bit of my experience.

Around two years ago, I went through a major health situation that completely changed my life. Losing my stomach wasn’t just a physical change — it affected how I saw myself, my energy, and my daily life.

For a long time, I felt lost and disconnected from who I used to be. The hardest part wasn’t only the recovery, but learning how to live again in a different way.

Over time, things slowly improved. Not perfectly, but step by step. I started understanding myself better and finding a new way forward.

I’m sharing this here because I know how important it is to connect with people who understand what this feels like. I’m Polish, and for the last 10 years I’ve been based in Barcelona, Spain.

At some point, I ended up writing a book about this experience because it changed me so much, and I hope it can help anyone who might be going through something similar.

Thank you for reading.

Greg

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