Frank Sinatra & My Vagina
Reading Time: 6 minutesMost people think they have a basic understanding of what radiation therapy is, but until you become a cancer patient, you don’t really know the half of it. The extent
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My Journey with Colon Cancer
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen my doctor made me get a CT scan in September 2015, you could see a tumor throbbing in my abdomen. I was told that I most likely had colon
Where Are the Superpowers?
Reading Time: 4 minutesIt all started in January of 2020 when I decided I had to go into Urgent Care to get my groin pain checked out. I must’ve torn a muscle or
It’s all over now… Or is it?
Reading Time: 2 minutesI was diagnosed with Stage 4 metastatic melanoma in Feb of 2020, at 24 weeks pregnant, and recently turned 38. Well, let me back up a bit… I was on
A Day I’ll Never Forget
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt was July 1, 2020, during a global pandemic. I was anxiously sitting in the doctor’s office with my husband waiting for the oncologist to come in, confirm, and provide
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
Brittney’s Story for Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
Reading Time: 4 minutesThank you to our sponsor: When I got diagnosed with stage four colon cancer, I thought I was going to die. And very quickly because, you know, Stage 4 just
Imagine
Reading Time: 4 minutesImagine that one day you are driving to a routine doctor checkup in your car, with the window down, long hair blowing, listening to the Rolling Stones’ Time is on
Life Changing Cancer
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn January 2020, I was diagnosed with lung cancer, and started chemotherapy and radiation therapy for my spine metastasis. It was shocking that a simple back pain could manifest into
My Battle: Against Cancer and for America’s Health
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn 2006, my friend who was 22 years old was diagnosed with leukemia. The news shocked me, as I couldn’t imagine how someone so young could have cancer. Back then,