Raven’s Fight Against ALL
Reading Time: 4 minutes My name is Raven Curry and I am 21 years old. One thing that is not apparent but makes me stand out from others is that I am a childhood
Tag: Leukemia
Open Mic: Gena
Reading Time: < 1 minutes VIDEO: Gena’s story from the AYA Cancer Awareness Week Open Mic night. This story is made possible by:
Lucky
Reading Time: 2 minutes “Oh my God! It’s hot in this house. Sweat is dripping down my back.” I would voice this grievance loudly seemingly at no one in particular. Without fail, my husband
Open Mic: Kyle
Reading Time: < 1 minutes VIDEO: Kyle shares how his leukemia relapse during college had a bigger impact on his mental health compared to his childhood experience at our Holiday Storytelling Open Mic in December
Tori’s Stupid Cancer Story
Reading Time: 2 minutes In March 2018, I started my dream job making costumes for a large television series. The workdays were often 14 hours or more and it wasn’t uncommon for us to
Leukemia? Isn’t that what kids get???
Reading Time: 2 minutes I was diagnosed with AML on Friday the 13th in March 2015. Oh yeah, I’m totally superstitious now! I went into remission one year later. Once I was cleared to
Open Mic: Aaron
Reading Time: < 1 minutes VIDEO: Aaron shares the story of his childhood diagnosis that led to a kidney transplant and how the “snack lady” helped him through it.
Open Mic: Aspen
Reading Time: < 1 minutes VIDEO: Aspen shares what survivorship means to her and how she won’t stop talking about cancer in the hope to support other cancer patients.
Open Mic: Amanda
Reading Time: < 1 minutes VIDEO: Amanda shares about her survivors guilt and exactly why cancer is an asshole.
Open Mic: Kay
Reading Time: < 1 minutes VIDEO: Kay shares how although her family has been her rock throughout her journey they can feel like the “cancer police” at times.