Carly’s Stupid Cancer Story
Reading Time: 3 minutes While 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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Reading Time: 3 minutes While 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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Reading Time: 3 minutes In 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
Gratitude In Cancer Read More »
Reading Time: 8 minutes I 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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Reading Time: 5 minutes I 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
“And that’s when I was handed the shit sandwich that is cancer” Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutes I’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
Reading Time: 3 minutes The 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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Reading Time: 4 minutes Every 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
The Hardest Marathon Yet Read More »
Reading Time: < 1 minute I 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
2x Cancer Survivor Read More »
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
The Day I Heard My Child Say “Mom Has Cancer.” Read More »
Reading Time: 2 minutes I knew I would be losing all my hair since the day chemo was first mentioned. I knew some people get very emotional over the loss of their hair…and I
How Losing My Hair Was One of my Favorite Memories Read More »