Command Disappointment
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe end of May 2021 marked my 3-year cancerversary. Is that even the day to memorialize? The day everything changed or the day of your last treatment — not sure
Tag: Gratitude
Happy and Healthy Pediatric Survivor
Reading Time: 2 minutesI was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia right before my 10th birthday in 1997. I was aware of the severity of my disease, but also still had the innocence of
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
Discovering Magic in Community
Reading Time: 4 minutes“I can’t. Fluffy is a vegetarian,” S. says vehemently when I wonder whether she is going to get sausages at breakfast. She looks me sternly in the eye to make
My Grim Battle
Reading Time: 3 minutesMy life flipped upside down in summer 2019. I didn’t know if I wanted to share my story with the world. But I think I’m ready now. I think that
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
The Power of Hope & Philanthropy
Reading Time: 4 minutesAt 22 years young, I lost more than half of my tongue because of a cancerous tumor. My team of world-renowned surgeons put me back together better than Humpty Dumpty
Open Mic: Gena
Reading Time: < 1 minute VIDEO: Gena’s story from the AYA Cancer Awareness Week Open Mic night. This story is made possible by:
Open Mic: Shaemarie
Reading Time: < 1 minute VIDEO: Shaemarie’s story from the AYA Cancer Awareness Week Open Mic night.
The Young Girl with an “Old Person Cancer”
Reading Time: 2 minutesI 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