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 […]
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: 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
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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: < 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
Reading Time: 3 minutes It all started on January 2, 2020. I was in the drive-thru line at Wendy’s at around 11 pm, sitting in the passenger seat of my best friend’s car. I
Reading Time: 2 minutes It’s been a long time since I updated my blog. Since I last wrote, I was diagnosed with a disease that could be considered “deadly” and “scary” … CANCER. Since
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Reading Time: 2 minutes This time last year, I had finally returned home from my eleven-day stay in the hospital. Two of those days were in the ICU. The night before entering the ICU,
Reading Time: 3 minutes It was another nightmare that started in Seattle. I was walking along a road and came upon three men in a car. I greeted them with a smile, but what
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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
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