My Cervical Cancer Story
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn 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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Mental Health
We’re All In This Together
Reading Time: 3 minutesI 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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I Will NOT Die
Reading Time: < 1 minuteLife 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
My Diagnosis
Reading Time: 3 minutesIt 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
Living With My Cancer
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt’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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Stronger Together
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis 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,
We Want to Live Beyond This Nightmare
Reading Time: 3 minutesIt 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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Robert’s Stupid Cancer Story
Reading Time: 2 minutesSC: 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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Open Mic: Lia
Reading Time: < 1 minute VIDEO: Lia was peer pressured into telling a story at our Storytelling Open Mic about what she’s lost and gained through cancer.
Open Mic: Shannon
Reading Time: < 1 minute VIDEO: Shannon celebrates 25 years of survivorship at the Stupid Cancer Storytelling Open mic by talking about all the things you *shouldn’t* do (but she did) when diagnosed with