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My Grim Battle
Reading Time: 3 minutes My life flipped upside down in summer 2019. I didn’t know if I wanted to share my story with the world. But I think I’m ready now. I think that
Letter To My Younger Self
Reading Time: 3 minutes Words may not express all my feelings to you. You will be faced with so many challenges later on…how can you prepare a child for all the issues that adults
A Day I’ll Never Forget
Reading Time: 2 minutes It was July 1, 2020, during a global pandemic. I was anxiously sitting in the doctor’s office with my husband waiting for the oncologist to come in, confirm, and provide
The Day I Flew
Reading Time: 3 minutes July 15, 2020 Waking up in the morning and not knowing how I was going to feel has become common over the past 14 months. I have been receiving treatment
The Power of Hope & Philanthropy
Reading Time: 4 minutes At 22 years young, I lost more than half of my tongue because of a cancerous tumor. My team of world-renowned surgeons put me back together better than Humpty Dumpty
Open Mic: Shelbi
Reading Time: < 1 minute (TW: This story discusses a suicide attempt) VIDEO: Shelbi’s story from the AYA Cancer Awareness Week Open Mic night.
Open Mic: Rishina
Reading Time: < 1 minute VIDEO: Rishina’s story from the AYA Cancer Awareness Week Open Mic night.
Open Mic: Moira
Reading Time: < 1 minute VIDEO: Moira’s story from the AYA Cancer Awareness Week Open Mic night.
Open Mic: Gena
Reading Time: < 1 minute VIDEO: Gena’s story from the AYA Cancer Awareness Week Open Mic night.
Open Mic: Shaemarie
Reading Time: < 1 minute VIDEO: Shaemarie’s story from the AYA Cancer Awareness Week Open Mic night.
Open Mic: Jennifer
Reading Time: < 1 minute VIDEO: Jennifer’s story from the AYA Cancer Awareness Week Open Mic night.
Getting Cancer as a Medical Student
Reading Time: 4 minutes Getting diagnosed with cancer is a lot like falling in love. It starts slowly, and then it happens all at once. A few months ago, I was sitting at my
The Importance of Self-Care and Love in Survivorship
Reading Time: 2 minutes My cancer survivorship journey has proven to be a difficult one. I recently completed radiation and I am now cancer-free, but the big question is: for how long? I have
The Young Girl with an “Old Person Cancer”
Reading Time: 2 minutes I was diagnosed with Stage IV cancer a few short days before my 24th birthday in 2019. Being diagnosed with colorectal cancer in your 20s is an absolute nightmare. In
Why I’ve Decided to Thank Cancer
Reading Time: 6 minutes “Out of Darkness comes the light, out of troubles comes understanding”— Monali Monkad I’d like to thank Hodgkin’s Lymphoma for slowing me down, for teaching me what truly is important
1st Day Shedding
Reading Time: 2 minutes I had only just started my first rounds of chemo. Things were still very new, not only to me, but to my family as well. For the sake of keeping
Brittney’s Story for Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
Reading Time: 4 minutes When I got diagnosed with stage four colon cancer, I thought I was going to die. And very quickly because, you know, Stage 4 just doesn’t sound very promising. I
Finding True Joy
Reading Time: 2 minutes I’ll never forget the day I was told three words that broke my heart: You have cancer. In that moment, everything seemed to slip away. The career that I was
Cancer Warrior
Reading Time: < 1 minute VIDEO: Payal shares how her life changed after being diagnosed with Stage I Bone Cancer.
Brittney’s Story for Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
Reading Time: < 1 minute VIDEO: Hear from Brittney about her Colorectal Cancer journey. Thank you to Natera for sponsoring this story.
“Dad, I Have Cancer”
Reading Time: < 1 minute VIDEO: Hugo shares his emotional journey with colon cancer, receiving the news only months after he completed battling testicular cancer.
My Journey through Cancer (Mustaches 4 Matt)
Reading Time: 5 minutes On August 12, 2016, my life changed forever. I was over my girlfriend Lauren’s house and had been puking blood. I could barely stand and I felt like I had
Imagine
Reading Time: 4 minutes Imagine that one day you are driving to a routine doctor checkup in your car, with the window down, long hair blowing, listening to the Rolling Stones’ Time is on
Tiny Heroes
Reading Time: 7 minutes Inspiration, simply put, means to have an unconscious burst of creativity; therefore, unconsciously, I was allowed the honor of creating amazing boys who thus gave me the creativity to find
Lucky
Reading Time: 2 minutes “Oh my God! It’s hot in this house. Sweat is dripping down my back.” I would voice this grievance loudly seemingly at no one in particular. Without fail, my husband