On the surface, I look fine.
Reading Time: 4 minutesSomeone once implied that my life was easy and smooth—I had no “real” problems. When I first heard this, I was offended, yet understood the sentiment. In comparison to them,
Tag: In treatment
Love and Cancer: In Sickness and in Health
Reading Time: 6 minutes5…4…3…2…1… HAPPY NEW YEAR! Once upon a time, on New Year’s Eve in 2016, a man and woman got married in Charleston, SC. They celebrated their new marriage with bubbling
Cancer and Advocacy in Public Health: Your Story Matters
Reading Time: 4 minutesMy work in public health and disparities causes me to approach issues of health equity, cancer-health disparities, and other unconscious racial bias issues with personal experiences. I try to relate
Open Mic: Kay
Reading Time: < 1 minute VIDEO: Kay shares how although her family has been her rock throughout her journey they can feel like the “cancer police” at times.
Open Mic: Katie
Reading Time: < 1 minute VIDEO: Katie shares the story of having to get opinion after opinion from surgeons and how she wouldn’t let it be “game over” for her!
WHEN I THINK ABOUT YOU, I TOUCH MYSELF
Reading Time: 4 minutesThree days after I lost my dearest aunt to pancreatic cancer, I felt a small lump on the border of my armpit and right breast. Four months later, I was
Christy’s Stupid Cancer Story
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe summer after my first year of graduate school did not go as planned. I was thirty-eight, in an MFA program for creative writing and a graduate assistant for my
The Day I Heard My Child Say “Mom Has Cancer.”
Reading Time: 4 minutesI wanted to shield my family from the disease, but I soon found out that when it comes to kids, honesty is (almost) always the best policy. When you become
How Losing My Hair Was One of my Favorite Memories
Reading Time: 2 minutesI knew I would be losing all my hair since the day chemo was first mentioned. I knew some people get very emotional over the loss of their hair…and I
Open Mic: Paola
Reading Time: < 1 minute VIDEO: Paola shares the story of her cancer journey at the Digital CancerCon Storytelling Open Mic and leaves us with a great mantra “Being afraid doesn’t mean you’re not