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
Tag: POC survivor
My Experience at CancerCon 2022
Reading Time: 2 minutes From the moment I arrived in Minneapolis, I was greeted with smiling faces and welcoming eyes at the conference. There was an underlying feeling of being accepted and showing up
Open Mic: Rishina
Reading Time: < 1 minutes VIDEO: Rishina’s story from the AYA Cancer Awareness Week Open Mic night.
Open Mic: Shaemarie
Reading Time: < 1 minutes VIDEO: Shaemarie’s story from the AYA Cancer Awareness Week Open Mic night.
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: Mila
Reading Time: < 1 minutes VIDEO: Mila opens up about the emotional and physical impact that cancer had on her identity at our Holiday Storytelling Open Mic in December 2020.
Hospital Hospitality Rant
Reading Time: 3 minutes The hospital is a weird place. Think of how many people touch you. Someone greets you, signs you in, takes down your information. The nurse asks your name, birthdate, weighs
WHEN I THINK ABOUT YOU, I TOUCH MYSELF
Reading Time: 4 minutes Three 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
Open Mic: Rishina
Reading Time: < 1 minutes VIDEO: Rishina shares the story of her diagnosis and how she everything she experienced was to be considered “part and parcel” at the Digital CancerCon Storytelling Open Mic
We Want to Live Beyond This Nightmare
Reading Time: 3 minutes It was another nightmare that started in Seattle. I was walking along a road and came upon three men in a car. I greeted them with a smile, but what