Mesothelioma Survivor Kasie Coleman Has Bright Business Future

BATON ROUGE, La. — Kasie Coleman is like a buzz saw without a stop switch now, whirling from one task to the next, leaving dust in her wake and anyone trying to follow, two steps behind. She doesn't slow anymore for negative thoughts, chemotherapy side effects or behind-schedule doctor appointments. Too busy for that. Coleman has children to raise, a husband to love, parents to help, a God to worship, a blog to write and a burgeoning bakery business to build. She's charging through a life that hardly acknowledges the peritoneal mesothelioma cancer now in remission, but still quietly brewing within her belly. The 38-year-old businesswoman opened her third Sugarbelle Bakery in Baton Rouge last month, only a year after inaugurating the first store. She’s expanding quickly with a can't-miss concept: The best made-from-scratch, all-natural, melt-in-your-mouth goodies originating from her grandmother's personal recipes. "The plan now is to help this thing [business] grow," Coleman said during a short, catch-her-breath, late afternoon lunch break at a nearby Cajun seafood shop. "I've been asked if I'm going to franchise it, but I've been too busy to even research that yet. For now, I just want to build something that is going to last here." Coleman this day doesn't look, act or even sound like a person hit with a cancer that has no definitive cure. Yet there are times when the burden overwhelms her, which she details in her blog for Asbestos.com. She is more concerned now ...
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - Category: Environmental Health Authors: Tags: Stories from Survivors Source Type: news