Empowered By Cancer
Reading Time: 3 minutesIt’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
Tag: Diagnosis
The Day I Flew
Reading Time: 3 minutesJuly 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
Open Mic: Shaemarie
Reading Time: < 1 minute VIDEO: Shaemarie’s story from the AYA Cancer Awareness Week Open Mic night.
Getting Cancer as a Medical Student
Reading Time: 4 minutesGetting 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
Finding True Joy
Reading Time: 2 minutesI’ll never forget the day I was told three words that broke my heart: You have cancer. In that moment, everything seemed to slip away. The career that I was
Imagine
Reading Time: 4 minutesImagine that one day you are driving to a routine doctor checkup in your car, with the window down, long hair blowing, listening to the Rolling Stones’ Time is on
Open Mic: Alexa
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
No Hair… Why Should I Care?
Reading Time: 6 minutesThe 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
State of Mind
Reading Time: 3 minutesThere is always a moment in everyone’s life that changes the perspective of how they view themselves and this universe. For me, that moment arrived when I was diagnosed with
Overcome (TW: This story talks openly about a suicide attempt.)
Reading Time: 2 minutesI’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