Survivorship

The stories and experiences are written by people after cancer treatments. These stories are written for those learning how to get back to work, college or just trying to be themselves again. Just getting past treatments isn’t enough, it is surviving and thriving that is key to being you again.

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Help vs. Support

by Vikki Ramdass-Husain August 3, 2026

Hi all, guess what, I had to google search this one for assistance. I always knew help and support to be the same thing but it’s not. Help may be considered an actual task.

Small Wins Add Up

by Dillon Groover

I honestly didn’t know how to approach this at first. I didn’t want to sound 100% “doomy,” but at first, that is exactly what I felt cancer taught me: a complete lack of control.

How Cancer Led Me to My Calling

by Jessica Barrett

As young adults, we often feel invincible. When I heard the words “you have cancer,” I automatically lost control of my life. Everything was stripped from me instantly.

Dear body, Here we stand at fourteen years old, Standing is a privilege, or so the whispers told, When we were little, just barely three, dreamers chained to a stone cold bed, At night we schemed how to break free

Winter Memories

by Gladys Morales July 13, 2026

It was October of 2018 when I passed out at an emergency room. I had been suffering from a random headache that for some reason didn’t seem to go away.

My Unbreakable Spirit: A 2x Cancer Survivor’s Story

by Nicole Lehrer July 6, 2026

Hello, my name is Nicole Lehrer, and I am a 42-year-old two-time cancer survivor. My journey began in 2009, not with me, but with my beloved Golden Retriever, Bailey, who was diagnosed with cancer. To pay for his chemotherapy, I started working two jobs. It was just a month later that I found a lump myself.

Connections Made Through Cancer

by Vikki Ramdass-Husain

Where to begin with this topic? Well, I will start by letting go off all my previous friendships. Unfortunately, upon hearing my diagnosis in 2018, I was very disturbed.

Surviving Life: A Story of Mental Health and Cancer Intertwined

by Aylat Lifshitz

There is never a good time to be diagnosed with cancer and there was something about my timeline that really threw salt on an open wound. Before cancer was not easy, which meant that after cancer came into my life everything was just that much harder.

How My Experience With Thyroid Cancer Affects My Emotions

by Justine Martin June 22, 2026

I think there are mixed emotions when you have experienced thyroid cancer. After I was diagnosed with papillary thyroid carcinoma 5 years ago, it really surprised me.