Monica Henderson shared their story at the CancerCon 2025’s Storytelling Open Mic.

In this raw talk, Monica delivers a heart-wrenching letter to her younger self, exploring the complex, often unspoken emotional landscape of cancer survivorship. She confronts the invisible struggles of surviving childhood cancer – the guilt, the uncertainty, the constant proving, and the profound challenge of rebuilding a life after trauma.

“Maybe survival isn’t about feeling together. Maybe it’s about continuing in pieces…”