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Survivorship
Everything Happens . . . And?
Being diagnosed with cancer teaches you a lot of things. When it comes to the people in your life, I truly believe that it brings out the best in them, and that they want to be helpful.
Read More...Cancer Gets in the Way of Adulting in Many Ways
I’m almost three years out from being diagnosed and treated for Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and I’m learning from experience that cancer never quite goes away. Both physically and emotionally I am living with the residual side effects of my treatment, and it is rough.
Read More...Don’t Give Cancer All the Credit
To me, the belief that everything happens for a reason is simply untrue. A few years ago, I shared a piece of artwork expressing this sentiment on Instagram.
Read More...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...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...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...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.
Read More...Still I Rise
Still I Rise, When the tears are hot, And my eyes are swollen, Still I Rise, When pain is a companion, Instead of a visitor
Read More...Playing Russian Roulette with Cancer
After living for seven months with
No Evidence of Disease,
I spent two weeks
Thinking that I had metastasized liver cancer.
