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AYA Cancer
Energy is a Fickle Thing
In 2023, life threw me another curveball—a second cancer diagnosis, this time papillary thyroid carcinoma, two and a half years after surviving kidney cancer.
Read More...When I First Saw You
When I first saw you,
You were what brought darkness
On a sunny day.
When I first saw you,
You were what most little kids
Are scared of being under their bed at night.
Gambling with Words…
I remember a particular moment that occurred a couple of years ago. I was lying on the couch, tears streaming down my cheeks, with my cell phone resting on my stomach.
Read More...Cancer: It Sucks at Any Age
I wish someone would have told me that being young won’t save me from all of the horrible side effects of cancer treatment.
Read More...Dancing Through the Rain with Cancer
Words painted on the wall of my first infusion center. I never imagined how much power and importance these words would have in my life that first day I sat in an infusion chair for my eight-hour long infusion of alpha interferon, intron A.
Read More...No Reason
Everything happens for a reason. Oh, you mean that perhaps I needed to be taught a lesson? Let’s explore that.
Read More...The Adulting You Can’t See
There always seems to be a buzzword for a time period in one’s life that sticks. The current word is “adulting”. It’s the word that doesn’t need explaining and represents more than the word itself.
Read More...War With Cancer
Brain cancer kills. It kills in just more than one way. It slowly started to kill me in 2019. It gave me a glimpse of Death, face to face with his beckoning eyes. He was elated that he could inscribe my name in his book of souls.
Read More...Guilt of the Sister
Growing up as the youngest of four siblings, I always felt guilt. Guilt that my older brothers, Mark and Ken, had to look after me, guilt that my brothers would protect me, and guilt that I didn’t thank them enough.
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