Cancer at 31
Reading Time: 3 minutesBy: Desiree Burgos, 32, Endometrial Cancer At 31 years old, I was diagnosed with stage 3 endometrial cancer that had spread to my ovaries and lungs. Hearing those words changed […]
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From Both Sides of the Stethoscope
Reading Time: 3 minutesBy: Natasha Parker, 40, Breast Cancer I used to believe I understood cancer. As a nurse, I had stood at countless bedsides adjusting IV pumps, explaining lab results, translating complex
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Special Bonds: Celebrating Mother’s Day
Reading Time: 6 minutesStupid Cancer had the chance to chat with David, 28, & Mónica, 57, a son and mother duo who navigated David’s Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) diagnosis together. They spoke with
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An Ultra Marathorner’s Story
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn 2018, my life took a dramatic turn when I discovered blood in my stool. What I initially dismissed as minor, soon revealed itself as a sign of something far
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My Love & Hate Relationship with MRD
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe year was 2013 when I first heard of MRD (minimal residual disease). I was about 5 years post my initial cancer diagnosis, dealing with recurrence #1, and on the
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What Deck of Cards Do You Have?
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhy? That’s the question in some form or another I have asked since December 6th, 2023. Getting diagnosed with cancer, let alone kidney cancer at the age of 32, wasn’t
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Advocating for Myself
Reading Time: 2 minutesAs a stage 3A melanoma skin cancer survivor, I’ve learned valuable lessons about self-advocacy during my journey. Looking back, there are two critical points that underscore the importance of advocating
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Battling Cancer
Reading Time: 3 minutesNo chance I was expecting the words, “Nitya, these lesions in your abdomen seem like cancer masses,” when I went to the doctor for a stomach ache. Though I was
It was Never the End
Reading Time: 2 minutesI always thought I wouldn’t make it to 18, wouldn’t make it to see myself graduate, never go to college or have a family of my own. An enemy was
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Believe
Reading Time: 4 minutesI was 35 when my first symptom showed up. I was 36 when I was diagnosed, and 37 by the time I did my very last treatment. It all happened