Reading Time: 2 minutes When I was a fourth grader in elementary school, my older sister was a senior in high school. She used to hang out with her friends at our house and […]
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Reading Time: 6 minutes Most people think they have a basic understanding of what radiation therapy is, but until you become a cancer patient, you don’t really know the half of it. The extent
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Reading Time: < 1 minute After Jeremy’s recurrence, he started a blog to manage sharing the news & further updates with his loved ones. Writing not only became a tool to support his mental
Reading Time: 4 minutes I was an 80s kid and loved the show The Greatest American Hero. The theme song “Believe it or not, I’m walking on air….” still puts me in a good
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Reading Time: 2 minutes When you hear the word ‘cancer,’ your world changes in an instant. I started getting sick in February of 2020 and my condition was getting worse each day. I was
Reading Time: 2 minutes When my doctor made me get a CT scan in September 2015, you could see a tumor throbbing in my abdomen. I was told that I most likely had colon
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Reading Time: 4 minutes As a graduate student in genetic counseling, I wanted a Capstone research project that I deeply care about on a personal level. I knew that if I had an intrinsic
Reading Time: 6 minutes In December 2018, I decided to do a self breast exam while sitting in the bath. I hadn’t looked into how to do one properly, but I figured if I
Reading Time: < 1 minute When Chris headed to New York City to begin treatment for Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, he never suspected that a casual catch up with an old friend from his hometown would
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Reading Time: < 1 minute VIDEO: Cintia shares her story at a Storytelling Open Mic. Thank you to Daiichi Sankyo and Eisai for sponsoring this Open Mic.
