From White Coat to Hospital Gown
Reading Time: 4 minutes There was a little over a year left until I was to graduate as a doctor. I had made it this far, and any ill feelings were brushed off to
Tag: Healthcare professional
Humor, Friendship and Young Adults with Advanced Cancer
Reading Time: 3 minutes My name is Megan Solberg, and I am a sixth-year doctoral candidate in the counseling psychology PhD program at the University of Denver. I currently live in Kansas City, Kansas
How can we improve cancer survivorship?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Like many, the lives of our study team have been affected by cancer: either as cancer survivors, family members and friends of cancer survivors, or caregivers. We often hear narratives
The Need for Affirmative Cancer Care
Reading Time: 2 minutes Thank you for giving me the space to share a bit about my story and my connections to the AYA cancer community. I am a psychology professor and psychologist committed
What Floor?
Reading Time: 2 minutes “What floor?” Words failed me. The elevator doors had closed but I found that I could not make the words come out. Sobbing uncontrollably and silently and trying to speak
Stupid Cancer, Stupid Thyroid
Reading Time: 2 minutes I first got involved with Stupid Cancer through my work as an oncology social worker. I support a lot of young adults newly diagnosed and trying to navigate their cancer
From Cancer to Crowdfunding
Reading Time: 5 minutes All my life, at least since early high school, I was deliberate in trying to maintain a healthy lifestyle. It started in ninth grade with weight lifting and wrestling, being
Finding the Other Why
Reading Time: 4 minutes I was an 80s kid and loved the show The Greatest American Hero. The theme song “Believe it or not, I’m walking on air….” still puts me in a good
Surviving Guilt
Reading Time: 6 minutes In December 2018, I decided to do a self breast exam while sitting in the bath. I hadn’t looked into how to do one properly, but I figured if I
My Story as a Nurse Researcher: A Story that Changed My Life
Reading Time: 3 minutes I am a former pediatric oncology nurse and a current nurse scientist studying human flourishing and positive growth in AYAs with cancer, especially by using the power of storytelling and