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It’s all over now… Or is it?
Reading Time: 2 minutes I was diagnosed with Stage 4 metastatic melanoma in Feb of 2020, at 24 weeks pregnant, and recently turned 38. Well, let me back up a bit… I was on
Positivity Can Help Beat Cancer
Reading Time: 2 minutes In 2017, my world was turned upside down when I was diagnosed with stage 3C dysgerminoma, a rare germ cell form of ovarian cancer, in my late 20s. This was
Command Disappointment
Reading Time: 2 minutes The end of May 2021 marked my 3-year cancerversary. Is that even the day to memorialize? The day everything changed or the day of your last treatment — not sure
Let’s Get This Burger: 300 Days Without Food
Reading Time: 4 minutes Last week I hit day 300 without anything to eat or drink. At age 22, I was living in Hawaii with my military boyfriend and getting ready to move to
My Two Cancers
Reading Time: 2 minutes Sorry, this won’t be a fun, inspirational movie story… but here we go anyway. My name is Selena and I’m 21 years old. Back in August 2016, after 8 years
Happy and Healthy Pediatric Survivor
Reading Time: 2 minutes I was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia right before my 10th birthday in 1997. I was aware of the severity of my disease, but also still had the innocence of
Empowered By Cancer
Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s odd, isn’t it, when we are ‘released’ from the careful monitoring of the cancer ward, told our chemotherapy is over, and left to go and ‘enjoy our lives’ as
Discovering Magic in Community
Reading Time: 4 minutes “I can’t. Fluffy is a vegetarian,” S. says vehemently when I wonder whether she is going to get sausages at breakfast. She looks me sternly in the eye to make
Open Mic: KM
Reading Time: < 1 minute VIDEO: KM shared her story at the Digital CancerCon 2021 Storytelling Open Mic!
Open Mic: Jennifer
Reading Time: < 1 minute VIDEO: Jennifer shared her story at the Digital CancerCon 2021 Storytelling Open Mic!
Open Mic: Mandi
Reading Time: < 1 minute VIDEO: Mandi shared her story at the Digital CancerCon 2021 Storytelling Open Mic!
Open Mic: Nakita
Reading Time: < 1 minute VIDEO: Nakita shared her story at the Digital CancerCon 2021 Storytelling Open Mic!
Open Mic: Harjeet
Reading Time: < 1 minute VIDEO: Harjeet shared her story at the Digital CancerCon 2021 Storytelling Open Mic!
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
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