Jackie’s Stupid Cancer Story
Reading Time: 5 minutes SC: Full Name and Where you’re from: JO: Jackie Ogg, Silver Spring, Maryland SC: What do you do or what do you want to do? JO: I’m a mom, caregiver …
April 2020
My Cervical Cancer Story
Reading Time: < 1 minutes In 2016 my life was just beginning. I had just gotten a divorce, started dating, new nursing job and new apartment. I felt great and I looked great. I was …
We’re All In This Together
Reading Time: 3 minutes I was diagnosed with testicular cancer at 26, when I was finishing up my graduate degree. In my mid-twenties I would have expected a diagnosis of a broken bone or …
Love & Breast Cancer
Reading Time: 2 minutes Getting breast cancer at 31 brought my world to a crashing halt and forced me to reevaluate my husband, my job, my life and what I wanted out of it. …
I Will NOT Die
Reading Time: < 1 minutes Life is a journey, that can change in the blink of an eye, you haven’t been feeling good, and you aren’t quite sure why. You go to the doctors, but …
My Diagnosis
Reading Time: 3 minutes It all started on January 2, 2020. I was in the drive-thru line at Wendy’s at around 11 pm, sitting in the passenger seat of my best friend’s car. I …
Living With My Cancer
Reading Time: 2 minutes It’s been a long time since I updated my blog. Since I last wrote, I was diagnosed with a disease that could be considered “deadly” and “scary” … CANCER. Since …
Stronger Together
Reading Time: 2 minutes This time last year, I had finally returned home from my eleven-day stay in the hospital. Two of those days were in the ICU. The night before entering the ICU, …
We Want to Live Beyond This Nightmare
Reading Time: 3 minutes It was another nightmare that started in Seattle. I was walking along a road and came upon three men in a car. I greeted them with a smile, but what …