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AYA Cancer
Multiple Myeloma; The Great Teacher
For many young adults, a sudden cancer diagnosis can be a complete and utter buzzkill. It can knock you on your butt and leave you breathless as you simply question; what the heck just happened? One moment you are happily going about your business, maybe you have an ache or pain of some type, a […]
Read More...Help vs. Support
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.
Read More...Small Wins Add Up
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.
Read More...How Cancer Led Me to My Calling
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.
Read More...29/2025
Germany. Celebrations, beer for breakfast, wandering a Victorian-style city with friends. Beautiful lights shine as we sip Glühwein at Christmas markets; cheer in our eyes, untouched by fear. New Year’s. Welcoming 2025 with cupcakes and dreams of what will be memorable; our wedding quietly holding the front of our minds. A sickness falls over me, […]
Read More...Where the Pain Used to Be
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
Read More...This Wasn’t On My “To-Do” List
Planners, agenda books, bullet journals-I loved those things since I was twelve. At first, just for the aesthetic, but later on, I found them useful.
Read More...What You’ve Done
Dear Body, You are the architect of my ailments, you are the sack of skin and bone that I endure in. You are the reason that I have cancer – no one knows the cause, one cell decided to misbehave over and over again until the cancer-y cell was what my body decided to order fresh from the bone marrow.
Read More...Can you imagine?
Dear Body, Can you imagine? An emergency C-section at 27 weeks—your placenta ruptured, and suddenly everything changed. Three long months of watching your tiny 2 lb 14 oz baby fight outside of you, not breathing, bruised, fragile, yet fierce.
Read More...Dear Emily’s Body
Dear Emily’s body, We only prepared to adjust to pregnancy and postpartum recovery body changes. Now we have extra weight from steroids, extreme weight loss in between, and a face that seemed to age 10+ years.
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