ACC Messed with the Wrong Person
Reading Time: 2 minutesI was a student teaching as a second-semester senior at Mercyhurst University when everything changed. I had a meeting and dinner with a handful of friends, everyone was socially distanced
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When Cancer Knocks on your Door
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe good ole college days! For me, they were 15-16 years ago. Just like the average college student, I was living a carefree life, hanging out with friends, trying to
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
Positivity Can Help Beat Cancer
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn 2017, my world was turned upside down when I was diagnosed with stage 3C dysgerminoma, a rare germ cell form of ovarian cancer, in my late 20s. This was
Command Disappointment
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe end of May 2021 marked my 3-year cancerversary. Is that even the day to memorialize? The day everything changed or the day of your last treatment — not sure
Let’s Get This Burger: 300 Days Without Food
Reading Time: 4 minutesLast week I hit day 300 without anything to eat or drink. At age 22, I was living in Hawaii with my military boyfriend and getting ready to move to
My Two Cancers
Reading Time: 2 minutesSorry, this won’t be a fun, inspirational movie story… but here we go anyway. My name is Selena and I’m 21 years old. Back in August 2016, after 8 years
My Grim Battle
Reading Time: 3 minutesMy life flipped upside down in summer 2019. I didn’t know if I wanted to share my story with the world. But I think I’m ready now. I think that
The Day I Flew
Reading Time: 3 minutesJuly 15, 2020 Waking up in the morning and not knowing how I was going to feel has become common over the past 14 months. I have been receiving treatment