Reading Time: 4 minutesI was a superficial airhead before I got cancer. I had no meaning in my life. To me, meaning was a £500 designer bag or a VIP party. All I […]
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Reading Time: < 1 minute VIDEO: Lindzy opens up about her surgery scar and the difficulties she’s experiencing during and after treatment at our Holiday Storytelling Open Mic in November 2020.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn January 2020, I was diagnosed with lung cancer, and started chemotherapy and radiation therapy for my spine metastasis. It was shocking that a simple back pain could manifest into
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Reading Time: 4 minutesIn 2006, my friend who was 22 years old was diagnosed with leukemia. The news shocked me, as I couldn’t imagine how someone so young could have cancer. Back then,
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Reading Time: < 1 minute VIDEO: Thyroid cancer survivor Ashley talks about the threat of infertility that came with having cancer.
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Reading Time: 3 minutesEarlier this year, my first year of college living in the dorms at CU Boulder with my roommate Hannah, we both got sick. We separately went to the doctor; mine
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Reading Time: 3 minutesMy name is Amanda. People call me Panda. I’ve been an athlete my whole entire life. I did a lot of sports, but my love is track and field. I
Reading Time: 2 minutesI think everyone remembers where they were when they were first told they have cancer. I was sitting in the back of the 66 Bus in Chicago on my way
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Reading Time: 4 minutesSomeone once implied that my life was easy and smooth—I had no “real” problems. When I first heard this, I was offended, yet understood the sentiment. In comparison to them,
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