My “Live Funeral”
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 …
Body Changes
Living and Loving Life with Incurable Cancer
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 …
Open Mic: Shannon on Hair
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.
My Cancer Journey
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 …
Lopsided Life
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 …
My Cervical Cancer Story
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 …
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 minute 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 …
Robert’s Stupid Cancer Story
Reading Time: 2 minutes SC: Full Name and Where you’re from: RET: Robert Eli Thompson, NYC SC: What do you do or what do you want to do? RET: Actor and teacher SC: Patient/Survivor/Caregiver …