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
Tag: Rare cancer
When College is Put On Pause
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAs a busy summer was coming to a close, I began experiencing a dry cough, arm swelling, shortness of breath, and a lump under my armpit. These symptoms led me
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: Jeff
Reading Time: < 1 minute VIDEO: Jeff shares what it was like having a roommate in the hospital who was twice his age.
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!
The 2nd Last Day
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe last day of chemo is supposed to be a wonderful celebration of finally beating the crap out of cancer. But for me, this was my second “last day.” And
Callie’s Life Changing Bone Cancer
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe night before I found out I had cancer, I fell and hit my head. I went to the doctor the next day and asked her if I was ok
Carly’s Stupid Cancer Story
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhile I was in a groggy state, I heard, “No heavy lifting for at least 7 to 10 days,” as my surgeon was explaining the at-home instructions for me to
Beating Bone Cancer
Reading Time: 8 minutesI was a high school senior and basketball player that had won multiple championship rings, when my world completely changed in June 2014. My father noticed that my left thigh