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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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Time Doesn’t Erase Memories
I happily chattered as I walked into a visitor center for a large company along with about 50 others in my similar profession. I knew we were visiting a company with a healthcare imaging division, but I also knew them for many other products.
Read More...The Hardest Battle I Faced After Surviving Cancer
Before cancer, life felt steady, predictable, and even comfortable. I believed that when something went wrong, you handled it. If you got sick, you saw a doctor, got better, and moved on. That was the script I’d always followed. I made plans, assuming time was on my side. I thought I was doing fine. I thought I was safe.
Read More...The Second Battle: Rebuilding After Cancer
We spend more than a year—sometimes even longer—fighting every day for our lives through cancer. Then, in remission, our bodies remain on high alert, bracing for the next blow.
Read More...Surviving Survivorship
No one prepared me for survivorship. No one braced me for how much harder surviving cancer would be than it ever was fighting it. No one told me it would be impossible to reclaim a life that once existed before cancer crudely intruded.
Read More...Survivorship – Rediscovering Life
It’s been a little more than two years since I kept reading the biopsy report over and over in my hands, the words “Invasive breast carcinoma” not sinking in.
Read More...Reality is…. Surviving Survival
Today’s the day! After all the tests, doctor’s appointments, biopsy, bloodwork, scans, treatment, hospital stays, and infusions, you get to ring the bell!! You are in remission!
Read More...The “In-Between”
One day, someone who just finished their active treatment asked me, “So what is survivorship?” At that moment, I suddenly froze, even though I’ve been in “it” for several years, I didn’t have an immediate response for her.
Read More...My Resilience
The cancer journey can take a lot from you. Outsiders may think it’s only the physical things that get to you, like your hair. They’re wrong.
Read More...The Uneven Scales of Cancer Survivorship
Cancer leaves an imprint on every survivor, reshaping lives in ways both visible and hidden. When I reflect on my own journey, the losses stand out immediately. The most tangible is my career in special education.
Read More...The Worst Has Yet to Come
What would you say to your past self if you could prepare for a cancer diagnosis? Being told you have cancer is probably one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to hear.
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