The 2nd Last Day
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe last day of chemo is supposed to be a wonderful celebration of finally beating the crap out of cancer. But for me, this was my second “last day.” And […]
Diagnosis
Callie’s Life Changing Bone Cancer
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe 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
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Carly’s Stupid Cancer Story
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhile I was in a groggy state, I heard, “No heavy lifting for at least 7 to 10 days,” as my surgeon was explaining the at-home instructions for me to
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Gratitude In Cancer
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn March 2019, I began feeling off…I didn’t know what it was. I thought perhaps it was the loss of a relationship that broke me to my core, or that
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Beating Bone Cancer
Reading Time: 8 minutesI was a high school senior and basketball player that had won multiple championship rings, when my world completely changed in June 2014. My father noticed that my left thigh
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“And that’s when I was handed the shit sandwich that is cancer”
Reading Time: 5 minutesI was diagnosed with stage 4 Hodgkin’s Lymphoma last year at the ripe old age of 26. After 5 years of unexplained weight loss, going back and forth to the
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#CancerGirl805
Reading Time: 3 minutesI’ve deleted this post several times already. My stomach twisting and turning, trying to find the right words. Even though I have learned there is no right way to say
Christy’s Stupid Cancer Story
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe summer after my first year of graduate school did not go as planned. I was thirty-eight, in an MFA program for creative writing and a graduate assistant for my
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The Hardest Marathon Yet
Reading Time: 4 minutesEvery year since 2014, I have run a marathon. I planned on continuing my streak in 2020. I had my race picked out, my new running shoes purchased. Little did
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2x Cancer Survivor
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI was diagnosed with AL Pre-B Leukemia at age three and a half. My parents had two other kids at the time. They were always running back and forth to
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