Open Mic: Paola
Reading Time: < 1 minute VIDEO: Paola shares the story of her cancer journey at the Digital CancerCon Storytelling Open Mic and leaves us with a great mantra “Being afraid doesn’t mean you’re not […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute VIDEO: Paola shares the story of her cancer journey at the Digital CancerCon Storytelling Open Mic and leaves us with a great mantra “Being afraid doesn’t mean you’re not […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes When I was seven years old, I was diagnosed with Hoshimoto’s Thyroiditis and Hypothyroidism. Since I can remember, my doctors were always monitoring me so closely. I went through the
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Reading Time: 3 minutes When I reflect on the scariest week of my life, my heart nearly explodes at the support I received from family and friends. There’s no chance I would have gotten
Reading Time: 2 minutes On June 1st 2017, I was diagnosed with Neuroendocrine Cancer. I was 37 years old, a mother of two young boys, a college professor, and living a beautiful life. After
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Reading Time: < 1 minute VIDEO: Stupid Cancer Board Member Shannon Wyant joined our Stories of Social Isolation Open Mic to share a story about her hair after treatment.
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Reading Time: 2 minutes My story began in September 2018 when I first felt a lump on my right breast. I was scared to find out more as it felt hard, but I knew
Reading Time: 3 minutes I was 29 in 1994 and recently married. I had a small but successful decorative painting business. I was healthy, happy and excited about my future! When I wasn’t painting
Reading Time: < 1 minute 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
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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
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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.
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