Abstract
In this article the author describes her experience of being diagnosed with breast cancer as a riptide experience. The ocean and many of its characteristics, such as the riptide, are used to describe the powering necessary to prevail during a cancer diagnosis and treatment. Five themes or currents within this riptide experience are identified: a shattered sense of well-being; feelings of anxiety, fear and uncertainty; learning to live one day at a time; the loving attention of family and friends; and,swimming with the turbulent sea. Concepts of powering uncovered in nursing research studies along with other theoretical concepts are presented to develop further these currents.
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