Living with stage IV lung cancer
Reading Time: 2 minutesI was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer at 30 years young. I know everyone says that their diagnosis caught them off guard; I am no different. I thought that
Tag: Advanced disease
“And that’s when I was handed the shit sandwich that is cancer”
Reading Time: 5 minutesI 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
Christy’s Stupid Cancer Story
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe 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
What’s a Bile Duct?
Reading Time: 2 minutesI was diagnosed with a rare from of liver cancer on December 26th, after noticing the whites of my eyes were a hint of yellow. Cholangiocarcinoma is a cancer of
We Want to Live Beyond This Nightmare
Reading Time: 3 minutesIt was another nightmare that started in Seattle. I was walking along a road and came upon three men in a car. I greeted them with a smile, but what