Resilience & Connections
Reading Time: 2 minutes Six months after beginning chemotherapy, I was ushered to go back to work. Despite a half-year hiatus, I felt unready to deal with the real world. My mental health tremendously …
Body Changes
Confidence with Cold Caps
Reading Time: 3 minutes I want to share my experience with cold caps and how they helped my journey with Cancer feel a bit more bearable. It gave me a sense of some control …
My CancerCon Experience
Reading Time: 2 minutes The thought of traveling across the country to meet a bunch of strangers just seemed so out of my capabilities. I have been tied to doctors appointments and machines for …
Stupid Cancer Story from the Quilici Sisters
Reading Time: 15 minutes Lightly edited from the Kaiser Permanente AYA Cancer Summit 2021. This is a transcript of twin sisters Sara & Ali’s cancer journey as a patient & caregiver duo. Sara My …
The Confusing Promised Land of Leukemia Maintenance
Reading Time: 3 minutes I remember it like it was yesterday. I was lying in my childhood bed watching Chopped on Food Network—any competition show with a simple story arc was all that could …
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Where Are the Superpowers?
Reading Time: 4 minutes It all started in January of 2020 when I decided I had to go into Urgent Care to get my groin pain checked out. I must’ve torn a muscle or …
Story Of My Life
Reading Time: 8 minutes When I was three years old, I was diagnosed with stage four alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma. I remember sitting in that hospital bed — the second memory of my life. I remember …
Open Mic: Bobby
Reading Time: < 1 minute VIDEO: Bobby tells his story at our “For The Guys” Storytelling Open Mic. In collaboration with Cancer Dudes.
Open Mic: Chris
Reading Time: < 1 minute VIDEO: Chris tells his story at our “For The Guys” Storytelling Open Mic. In collaboration with Cancer Dudes.
Open Mic: Joshua
Reading Time: < 1 minute VIDEO: Joshua tells his story at our “For The Guys” Storytelling Open Mic. In collaboration with Cancer Dudes.