Shelley on Caregiving
Reading Time: < 1 minute VIDEO: Shelley shares her story as a part of The Caregiving Journey.
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Scott & Tylan on Caregiving
Reading Time: < 1 minute VIDEO: Scott & Tylan share their story as a part of The Caregiving Journey
Open Mic: Aaron
Reading Time: < 1 minute VIDEO: Aaron shares the story of his childhood diagnosis that led to a kidney transplant and how the “snack lady” helped him through it.
Callie’s Life Changing Bone Cancer
Reading Time: 4 minutes The night before I found out I had cancer, I fell and hit my head. I went to the doctor the next day and asked her if I was ok …
The Day I Heard My Child Say “Mom Has Cancer.”
Reading Time: 4 minutes I wanted to shield my family from the disease, but I soon found out that when it comes to kids, honesty is (almost) always the best policy. When you become …
Stupid Cancer Story from the Staff: Linda
Reading Time: 2 minutes It’s one of those things, you don’t “get it” until you get it. I was 19 when my dad was diagnosed with Stage 4 melanoma skin cancer, and I was …
Stupid Cancer Story from the Board: Cycle of Lives
Reading Time: 3 minutes My sister June died a couple of months after her forty-sixth birthday. She left behind a husband and two kids who loved her as much as she could have wished, …
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Jackie’s Stupid Cancer Story
Reading Time: 5 minutes SC: Full Name and Where you’re from: JO: Jackie Ogg, Silver Spring, Maryland SC: What do you do or what do you want to do? JO: I’m a mom, caregiver …
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 …