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
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
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
Reading Time: < 1 minute VIDEO: Hugo shares his emotional journey with colon cancer, receiving the news only months after he completed battling testicular cancer.
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
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
Reading Time: < 1 minute VIDEO: Kyle shares how his leukemia relapse during college had a bigger impact on his mental health compared to his childhood experience at our Holiday Storytelling Open Mic in December
Reading Time: < 1 minute VIDEO: Alexa shares an insightful story about the positive opportunities and experiences that emerged for her as a result of cancer at our Holiday Storytelling Open Mic in December
Reading Time: 6 minutes The words, “You have cancer” bring on lots of different emotions…from fear to anxiety, from worry to dread. It’s a lot for our hearts and minds to process. The horror
Reading Time: 2 minutes I’ve never really posted anything like this before. Seems like a good place to share my story, as it might help some of you through those tough times. So here
Reading Time: < 1 minute VIDEO: Rudy tells us a funny story from the hospital that helped him feel less isolated throughout the course of his care, at our Holiday Storytelling Open Mic in