Patients
The stories and experiences in this category are written by people currently going through treatments for cancer. Read these stories to find inspiration and know that you are not alone in your experience with cancer.
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COVID-19 and Cancer Patients
Self-isolation. With COVD-19, that’s what I’m hearing from everyone now. Aldi was completely sold out of meat, and almost of veggies. Sam’s Club was sold out of rice. Everyone, of course, is sold out of toilet paper.
Read More...The Time Bubble – March 2020 Issue
This issue covers a lot of mixed emotions and I’m sure you will find one that you will relate too. You will laugh and you will cry but like all things Elephants and Tea, we will do it together. I hope you enjoy our first magazine issue of 2020.
Read More...Julian
The front desk staff person comes out to hand me more forms and talks to the man next to me, telling “Julian” to be nice to me. Julian is peering over my shoulder as I complete the paperwork.
Read More...My Soul and My Body
It’s like I told my husband, if my book, helps just one person this is all that matters to me. I just want people to know there is a meditation book out there not just for the cancer patient, but also for the caregivers, the medical profession, friends, family, or anyone who has been affected by cancer. I know I am a miracle.
Read More...Door Number Three
Thankfully three years have come and gone, but the fear of that moment has remained in the foreground. Am I three years from dying of cancer right now? One? 25? It’s the not-knowing that amplifies the effects of the disease. Yes, everyone will die, most are afraid of it, there is no escaping death.
Read More...Tales from the Cancer Data Free Zone
I had cancer when I was 29. Hodgkis Disease, stage IIA. Had cancer. Past tense. I did my 6 cycles of ABVD, got a clean PET, pulled out the port, and went on with my life. I didn’t embrace the “survivor” label, didn’t raise money, didn’t even really talk about it. Sure, I followed up with oncology… for the most part. Truth be told I was “lost to follow up” for a few years.
Read More...Back Door Invasion – The Colonoscopy
Health before modesty! That was one of the fist things my urologist Dr. Colli said to me when I started my bladder cancer journey in 2013. 2012 Thanksgiving was horrific. It was extremely stressful for me Dr. Google announced to me ‘hey you have bladder cancer just the day after thanksgiving’. But back to the […]
Read More...Survived, Endured and Beaten Bowel Cancer
After a big operation like bowel cancer it would be surprising to live a normal life without any after effects or pain. One very common thing people have after bowel cancer is adhesion and abdominal pain.
Read More...Cancer Vision Board
My vision board sits on the corner of my cluttered desk in my dorm room. I see it every day, a reminder of the hope and excitement I have for my future. I used pictures and text from magazines, stickers, construction paper, and gemstones.
Read More...Never Underestimate Love
What I can say is that it took me a near death experience to learn to be a softer person, to love more deeply, and to know that some people can’t handle your diagnoses but its important to put you first. The body is an amazing thing, be careful of your words, never underestimate love and on the days you think you can’t make it, know that you can.
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