Tag: Body image

My Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis

Reading Time: 3 minutes Earlier this year, my first year of college living in the dorms at CU Boulder with my roommate Hannah, we both got sick. We separately went to the doctor; mine

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The Panda Fight

Reading Time: 3 minutes My name is Amanda. People call me Panda. I’ve been an athlete my whole entire life. I did a lot of sports, but my love is track and field. I

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Hospital Hospitality Rant

Reading Time: 3 minutes The hospital is a weird place. Think of how many people touch you. Someone greets you, signs you in, takes down your information. The nurse asks your name, birthdate, weighs

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Surviving a “Bomb” Drop

Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s a Sunday in January 2020. I am sitting in the hospital emergency room awaiting the results of an ultrasound for month-long sore groin pain. The ER doctor explains to

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Open Mic: Erica

Reading Time: < 1 minute   VIDEO: Erica shares how her diagnosis changed her life forever at the Digital CancerCon Storytelling Open Mic

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What’s a Bile Duct?

Reading Time: 2 minutes I 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

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