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Posts by Hedda Phan

Survivor, Ganglioglioma

Invisible Seizures and Other Normal Twenty-Something Experiences

by Hedda Phan April 9, 2025

The feeling creeps in slowly, then all at once. I sit at a large conference table, surrounded by my classmates.

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Time Cannot Stand Still

by Hedda Phan May 16, 2024

Have you ever stopped to notice the way time stands still when a fire truck or an ambulance passes by? Cars in the intersection and pedestrians in the road all freeze. I know that it is required by law, but at the same time, it is a beautiful thing, a display of the good that humanity can be.

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College and Cancer

by Hedda Phan May 24, 2023

Having been a class of 2020 student, I spent my first year of college at home, taking my classes online. I hung around with my old friends in my old neighborhood, itching to get away to something new. When I received my housing offer for my university’s dorms my sophomore year, I was ecstatic.

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