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Survivor’s Guilt
What the Tumors Took: Living with What Cancer Left Behind
I was 32 when I heard the words “You have cancer.” It was March of 2020 — the world had seemingly just shut down, and so apparently had mine. As the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the globe, I found myself facing a second invisible enemy: breast cancer.
Read More...Survivorship After Having the “Good Cancer”
Patrick. Cait. Casey. Kevin. Jim. Chris. Mike. Alden. Vinnie. Adam. Those are the people I think of most throughout every day I remain cancer-free. Since I have been in my survivorship journey, those ten people have died, all undeserving of what this disease took from them and their loved ones.
Read More...Survivor’s Guilt: Remembering Elaine
Survivor’s guilt is a strange and persistent feeling—one that I didn’t have the words for as a child. When I was younger, I knew I had survived retinoblastoma, but I didn’t fully understand what that meant in comparison to others who didn’t have the same outcome.
Read More...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...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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