Surviving Guilt
Reading Time: 6 minutes In December 2018, I decided to do a self breast exam while sitting in the bath. I hadn’t looked into how to do one properly, but I figured if I
Tag: self care
The Confusing Promised Land of Leukemia Maintenance
Reading Time: 3 minutes I remember it like it was yesterday. I was lying in my childhood bed watching Chopped on Food Network—any competition show with a simple story arc was all that could
Story Of My Life
Reading Time: 8 minutes When I was three years old, I was diagnosed with stage four alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma. I remember sitting in that hospital bed — the second memory of my life. I remember
Command Disappointment
Reading Time: 3 minutes The 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
The Day I Flew
Reading Time: 3 minutes July 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
Open Mic: Gena
Reading Time: < 1 minute VIDEO: Gena’s story from the AYA Cancer Awareness Week Open Mic night. This story is made possible by:
Open Mic: Shaemarie
Reading Time: < 1 minute VIDEO: Shaemarie’s story from the AYA Cancer Awareness Week Open Mic night.
The Importance of Self-Care and Love in Survivorship
Reading Time: 2 minutes My cancer survivorship journey has proven to be a difficult one. I recently completed radiation and I am now cancer-free, but the big question is: for how long? I have
Why I’ve Decided to Thank Cancer
Reading Time: 6 minutes “Out of Darkness comes the light, out of troubles comes understanding”— Monali Monkad I’d like to thank Hodgkin’s Lymphoma for slowing me down, for teaching me what truly is important
Brittney’s Story for Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
Reading Time: 4 minutes Thank 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