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Posts by Perry Zimmerman

Survivor, Retinoblastoma & Osteosarcoma

Words Matter

by Perry Zimmerman March 30, 2026

I wish my doctors knew how powerful their words can be. Whether it’s on a diagnosis day, during treatment, or after treatment, words matter. And they stay with us. “I’m not gonna lie, I’m worried,” my surgeon said after I got that dreaded x-ray of my shoulder in November 2018.

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The High School Swimmer Turned Cancer Patient

by Perry Zimmerman October 12, 2023

I was on my high school swim team until my fourth cancer diagnosis on November 26, 2018, and until this past November, I wore my swim team sweatshirt all the time. One day last fall I picked it up to put it on and something stopped me.

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