My BMT Journey
Reading Time: 6 minutesBy: Patrick Rossi, 29, Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma Before my 25th birthday, I was just your run-of-the-mill accountant with social anxiety. I was afraid of speaking up, going out of my comfort
Tag: Healing
My Thyroid Cancer Journey
Reading Time: 2 minutesBy: Sara Jesus, Thyroid Cancer The day I was diagnosed with cancer, at just 18 years old, is one I will never forget. I came home from school to find
Celebrating Love While Battling a Brain Tumor
Reading Time: 6 minutesStupid Cancer had the chance to chat with Olivia, 38, & Ben, 40, who are in the process of navigating all of the ins and outs of Ben’s brain tumor
Becoming the Patient: A Twist in My Journey to Help Others
Reading Time: 3 minutesBy: LaShae Rolle, 27, Multicentric Breast Cancer When I began my journey in public health during my Master of Public Health (MPH) program, my passion was clear: I wanted to
Surviving Cancer, Navigating Disability: Exploring the Intersection of Cancer Survivorship and Disability Identity
Reading Time: 2 minutesAs a survivor of four different types of cancers, my grandmother faced the greatest challenge not from the cancer itself, but from the treatment. The chemotherapy and radiation that saved
From Personal Loss to Professional Passion: Advancing Oncofertility Counseling as a Medical Student and Researcher
Reading Time: 3 minutesCancer has been a presence in my life from a young age. When I was two years old, my maternal grandmother passed away from ovarian cancer. When I was eight,
It was Never the End
Reading Time: 2 minutesI always thought I wouldn’t make it to 18, wouldn’t make it to see myself graduate, never go to college or have a family of my own. An enemy was
Helping AYAs Leading Healthier Lives
Reading Time: 4 minutesMy name is Erin Coffman, and I am a sixth-year doctoral candidate in the Department of Nutrition at the University of North Carolina (UNC) Gillings School of Global Public Health.
Believe
Reading Time: 4 minutesI was 35 when my first symptom showed up. I was 36 when I was diagnosed, and 37 by the time I did my very last treatment. It all happened
Who Are My Angels?
Reading Time: 5 minutes(Written August 25th, 2022.) This was the day I woke up from a colonoscopy to find out that my issue was not hemorrhoids like I went to the doctor for,