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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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Gone But Not Forgotten
The thing about survivors’ guilt is that you do not truly understand if you have not been through it. I was diagnosed at a young age with advanced stage lung cancer.
Read More...Remission… What Now?
I finished my last chemotherapy treatment for stage 3b Hodgkin Lymphoma on May 28th. I should have been elated – months of treatment, done! Officially in remission! On the path to full health! But instead – I felt a distinct sadness. In a time of quarantine and uncertainty,
Read More...Cancer as a Catalyst for Change
We spend our whole adult lives trying to make healthy choices: eat this, not that…do this, not that… buy this, avoid that. I must admit, however, that it wasn’t until cancer became a part of my life and my everyday vocabulary that I truly took any of my daily choices seriously.
Read More...The Realness of Wealth and Health
Things happen for a reason. I never used to believe that prior to being diagnosed with a grade 3 astrocytoma at 39 years old. I was gifted with seeing through a new set of lenses and having a better understanding of the fragility of life. It altered my perception on the realness of destiny.
Read More...What Cancer CAN Do
The road to better health is paved with food that will fuel your body and boost healing, supportive friends who understand what you’re going through, small periods of movement that leave you feeling energized and a bit of ice cream with chocolate syrup mixed in from time to time. Overall wellness is attainable post-cancer. If I can do it, I KNOW YOU CAN TOO!
Read More...September 2020 Magazine: The Wellness and Mindfulness Issue
When we put together our editorial calendar at the end of 2019 for 2020, I never imagined how significantly important our decision was to make the September magazine the “wellness and mindfulness” issue.
Read More...Cancer is Never Really Over
I remember how good throwing up after running one sprint at my first ultimate Frisbee practice after treatment felt. After eleven months of in-patient chemotherapy, I had really honed my vomit craft and my cardio was lacking at best.
Read More...The Time Bubble
It’s crazy being in the time bubble. While it happens to the patients, it also happens to the families. It is wild to see it happen, and almost everyone goes through it.
Read More...Maybe One Day Things Won’t be as Bad
This week has been insane, and it’s only lunchtime on Wednesday. My projects are overwhelming me, a coworker got super pissed at me yesterday; a client basically told me I couldn’t do my scheduled visit tomorrow; and my manager’s emails all point to my lack of understanding.
Read More...Into the Void: A Poem of Survivor Grief
A blanket of grief enrobes me as I talk with other AYA cancer patients. As I hear their stories, painful thoughts crash in waves and quickly make their way to the forefront of my mind, creating emotional turmoil.
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