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Survivor
The Untold Chapter of Cancer Survivorship
Being on the other side of a cancer diagnosis changed everything I thought I knew. Before being diagnosed with Peritoneal Mesothelioma, survivorship would start when the treatment ended.
Read More...My Sister’s Cells
The evidence was damning: a sore throat, dry mouth, a little bit of dried drool. My mother’s testimony confirmed it – I, a lifelong silent sleeper, had been snoring.
Read More...Dear Body
This topic is touchy for me as I never spoke about my body to anyone before. Growing up in a close-knit society where your neighbors will report any indecent behavior on your part, I was always afraid to expose my body anywhere.
Read More...Roadside Bambi
Cancer did not teach me that life can end at 31 in a bar with a dancing jukebox. no no no no no, my sister taught me that 4 years ago.
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...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...Connections Made Through Cancer
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.
Read More...How My Experience With Thyroid Cancer Affects My Emotions
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.
Read More...Dear Body, You’re Doing Okay
I am a marathoner. I had been a marathoner. I was marathon training. Being a runner had and has been such a big part of my identity since 2014.
Read More...My Breastie
Our eyes met in the waiting room, hers younger and bright and a smile that was small but ever present. I don’t recall who spoke first, but that August date in 2024 soon became a fast best friendship of two women battling breast cancer with genetic mutations as well.
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