Three years ago, Aril Ferrera was sketching out the kind of life plans anyone her age might dream of - a career, relationships, a future wide open.
Then at just 25, those plans collapsed the minute she was diagnosed with stage 4 de novo metastatic breast cancer.
Aril wanted to use this platform to show the simple truth and what it’s really like to live with a terminal diagnosis when time itself feels uncertain.
Host Nic Main traveled to Louisville, Kentucky to sit down with her and bring the last three years of her journey to life.
In this episode she discusses:
The process of being diagnosed terminal.
Life plans before and after the diagnosis.
How cancer affects those around you.
“The war on cancer”
Misconceptions of navigating terminal cancer.
Losing her brother, in the face of losing her identity.
Re-learning and re-discovering who she was through new outlets and opportunities.
Most of all, she speaks directly to those who will be diagnosed terminally this year.
This is Aril Ferrera.
This is Last Words.