Blood Boogers
Reading Time: 4 minutesBy Lyndsey McCafferty, 32, Caregiver Once upon a time, my life felt like it was finally settling into place. Five months before my husband Wes was diagnosed with Hodgkin Lymphoma,
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Time Changes Everything
Reading Time: 3 minutesBy: Suesan Cota, 42 In December 2022, my husband (then boyfriend), Dil and I were told that after his intensive chemotherapy to treat his aggressive Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), the
Bad Headaches= Brain Tumor
Reading Time: 3 minutesBy: Kyler Noah, 22, Brain tumor, Non-Hodgkin My story starts in July of 2025. It was a regular summer for me. I had just finished my third year of my
Living, Not Just Surviving
Reading Time: < 1 minuteElissa Kalver shared her story at the CancerCon 2025’s Storytelling Open Mic. When cancer strikes, survival isn’t just about medical treatments: it’s about truly living. Alyssa, founder of We Got
No One Speaks Your Name
Reading Time: 2 minutesBy: Angela Campos, Hodgkin’s Lymphoma No one dares speak your name. Not even the doctor, who calls you a malignant mass. As if that would make the news less shocking.
Beyond the Diagnosis: Reclaiming My Life, One Moment at a Time
Reading Time: 6 minutesBy: Kelley Jones, 42, Lung Cancer From the moment we’re born, an internal countdown begins, ticking away towards an unknown end. In November of 2018, my countdown clock rapidly spun
My BMT Journey
Reading Time: 6 minutesBy: Patrick Rossi, 29, Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma Before my 25th birthday, I was just your run-of-the-mill accountant with social anxiety. I was afraid of speaking up, going out of my comfort
Surviving Cancer, Navigating Disability: Exploring the Intersection of Cancer Survivorship and Disability Identity
Reading Time: 2 minutesAs a survivor of four different types of cancers, my grandmother faced the greatest challenge not from the cancer itself, but from the treatment. The chemotherapy and radiation that saved
Surviving Cancer During the Time of Corona
Reading Time: 3 minutes2020 was by far the worst and scariest year of my life. We were all affected by it in some shape or form. While I understand that COVID put our
Helping AYAs Leading Healthier Lives
Reading Time: 4 minutesMy name is Erin Coffman, and I am a sixth-year doctoral candidate in the Department of Nutrition at the University of North Carolina (UNC) Gillings School of Global Public Health.