Sharon Kim, CanPlan

By Manvi Pant

Sharone Kim and her introduction to Cancer

Sharon Kim, founder and CEO of CanPlan, LLC and a girl with a mission, learned about her mother’s illness when she was on the first step of her career ladder. Recently graduated from San as a Marketing Manager when a frantic call from sister led her to leave everything behind and move to Hawaii. It was December 6, 2013 when she first found out that her mom was diagnosed with uterine sarcoma cancer.

Every day, there was a new battle to win. With no direction or a road map, Sharon and her family completely relied on Oncologists to pave the path towards recovery. Three months after chemotherapy, they got a call from the doctor saying that her cancer had metastasized to her lungs. Sharon’s mom was now diagnosed with stage 4 cancer with little to no treatment options and three months left to live. Uncertainty and death are the biggest fears of cancer. Sharon’s mom was left with no time, a stage 4 cancer crippled even the slightest ray of hope the family had. Just then, Sharon decided to take control of the situation, “I believed that, you are the one fighting this battle. You should know your body and your cancer better than anyone else. Your inner doctor is the only doctor capable of helping you win this fight. With this new mentality in mind, I started to keep track of everything from my mom’s medications and side effects, to her diet, exercise, and mood so that I could gain a better understanding of what her illness was like day by day.” The method proved to be very effective in monitoring how her mom’s body was reacting to different treatments. With time, she developed a treatment plan that best suited her mom’s needs and prepared her to take action in the case of a worsening symptom. Unfortunately, it was too late. Sharon lost her mom on November 3, 2014. “I can’t even put into words how hard it’s been for my family and me without my mom. If you had the pleasure of meeting her, you’d know she was the type of person that could instantly put a smile on your face.”

A new ray of hope – CanPlan
After months of hardwork and a conscience to help cancer patients, Sharon brought CanPlan to life. It’s a personal planner, specifically designed to assist cancer patients and caregivers with the daily battle against cancer by providing words of encouragement, reminders for positive living, and a tracking method to monitor the illness from beginning to end. It’s an all-in-one tool for you and your loved ones to keep organized and take more control over your path to recovery.

CanPlan is not only an agenda of daily activities and a record of medical notes, CanPlan serves as a personal diary with space for you to write your thoughts and reflections and tell your story through the planner because being in-tune with your emotions during this time is essential. Think of CanPlan as your all-in-one tool to help you keep organized with your daily battles against cancer and help you find resources to take control over your illness and essentially be the expert about it.

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