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.
Tag: Warrior
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
Gratitude In Cancer
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn March 2019, I began feeling off…I didn’t know what it was. I thought perhaps it was the loss of a relationship that broke me to my core, or that
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
“And that’s when I was handed the shit sandwich that is cancer”
Reading Time: 5 minutesI was diagnosed with stage 4 Hodgkin’s Lymphoma last year at the ripe old age of 26. After 5 years of unexplained weight loss, going back and forth to the
I Didn’t Want My Hair to be a Billboard Announcing I Was Sick…
Reading Time: 2 minutesI felt her warm, soft hand grab mine and whisper “It’s Cancer”. Instantly I blurted out, “Am I going to lose my hair?”. I pulled my hand back, sat up
Open Mic: Rishina
Reading Time: < 1 minute VIDEO: Rishina shares the story of her diagnosis and how she everything she experienced was to be considered “part and parcel” at the Digital CancerCon Storytelling Open Mic
Open Mic: Paola
Reading Time: < 1 minute VIDEO: Paola shares the story of her cancer journey at the Digital CancerCon Storytelling Open Mic and leaves us with a great mantra “Being afraid doesn’t mean you’re not