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July 12, 2023Cancer doesn’t know age, so advocate
“Stand up, be assertive, don’t take no for an answer, and keep asking the questions until you get the answer that satisfies the symptoms.”
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March 09, 2023Cancer, get out of my head!
Michalea writes about how therapy helped her cope with her mental health after she thought she was done with cancer. “Cancer, unlike a fire, does not merely disappear once extinguished.”
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March 02, 2023Listen to your heart
“I didn’t know I had had two surgeries, a round of dialysis, and organs removed. I didn’t know that I was bleeding profusely from a bowel resection that didn’t hold, and I didn’t know that five days had passed. I didn’t know I had cancer.”
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February 16, 2023Considering the privilege of going grey
“I had never considered what going grey could mean until the opportunity to do so was so narrowly almost taken away from me.”
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February 10, 2023Scars fade on their own time
“I wanted to protect my skin but also protect myself from having to discuss why I had such a noticeable scar. It was easier for me to pretend the scar wasn’t there and that I hadn’t ever had cancer.”
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January 04, 2023
Palliative care: It’s not what you think!
“When asked what palliative care is, many people associate words of dying, death, end-of-life, hospice, and seniors, when in fact, palliative care is focused on symptom management, living, and improving the quality of life for both the patient and their family/caregiver across the age spectrum.”
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