We’re All In This Together
Reading Time: 3 minutesI was diagnosed with testicular cancer at 26, when I was finishing up my graduate degree. In my mid-twenties I would have expected a diagnosis of a broken bone or
Tag: Survivor
Love & Breast Cancer
Reading Time: 2 minutesGetting breast cancer at 31 brought my world to a crashing halt and forced me to reevaluate my husband, my job, my life and what I wanted out of it.
Living With My Cancer
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt’s been a long time since I updated my blog. Since I last wrote, I was diagnosed with a disease that could be considered “deadly” and “scary” … CANCER. Since
Stronger Together
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis time last year, I had finally returned home from my eleven-day stay in the hospital. Two of those days were in the ICU. The night before entering the ICU,
We Want to Live Beyond This Nightmare
Reading Time: 3 minutesIt 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
Robert’s Stupid Cancer Story
Reading Time: 2 minutesSC: Full Name and Where you’re from: RET: Robert Eli Thompson, NYC SC: What do you do or what do you want to do? RET: Actor and teacher SC: Patient/Survivor/Caregiver
Open Mic: Lia
Reading Time: < 1 minute VIDEO: Lia was peer pressured into telling a story at our Storytelling Open Mic about what she’s lost and gained through cancer.
Open Mic: Simone
Reading Time: < 1 minute VIDEO: Simone opens up about her experience as a cancer survivor and a model at the Stupid Cancer Storytelling Open Mic.
Open Mic: Melinda
Reading Time: < 1 minute VIDEO: Melinda talks about the things cancer has given her, like a strong community and marathon running, at the Stupid Cancer Storytelling Open Mic.
Open Mic: Shannon
Reading Time: < 1 minute VIDEO: Shannon celebrates 25 years of survivorship at the Stupid Cancer Storytelling Open mic by talking about all the things you *shouldn’t* do (but she did) when diagnosed with