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,
Tag: Spouse/partner caregiver
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
Gaming Through Cancer
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTara Williams shared their story at the CancerCon 2025’s Storytelling Open Mic. What began as a routine visit to Planned Parenthood turned into a life-changing thyroid cancer diagnosis for Tara.
Caring for the Caregiver: Research on Caregivers of AYA Cancer Patients
Reading Time: 2 minutesXimena Giesemann, 31, Melenoma I officially became a part of the AYA community in August of 2016 when I received my own cancer diagnosis: melanoma. I was 22 years old
Cancer Survivorship and Disparities Among AYAs
Reading Time: 4 minutesI am an early-stage investigator in the Department of Health Disparities Research at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. I have been trained in the fields of psychology
Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Love Story
Reading Time: < 1 minute When Chris headed to New York City to begin treatment for Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, he never suspected that a casual catch up with an old friend from his hometown would
Love with ALL
Reading Time: 4 minutesJohn and I met on a dating app in February of 2017. We “officially” started dating on March 19th, 2017. Not even three weeks later, I was diagnosed with Acute
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
No Hair… Why Should I Care?
Reading Time: 6 minutesThe words, “You have cancer” bring on lots of different emotions…from fear to anxiety, from worry to dread. It’s a lot for our hearts and minds to process. The horror
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