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February 25, 2021Grief expectations
“I grieve the world from before the masks, the distancing, and the perpetual existential worry, but I also recognize that grief and love can exist all at once. I’ll be patient for what comes next.”
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December 03, 2020
Firsts
“Cancer took many things away, but this first grey hair? It didn’t get to have that.”
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September 03, 2020
Six month check in: Living with cancer in a pandemic
“I accepted a job days before the world changed. What if I would be redeployed to a COVID+ unit? Would I be safe? Was my body more vulnerable than others as the scars littered across my chest and abdomen might suggest? After almost six years out of treatment, I was angry that my vulnerable health might once again threaten what I had planned for my life. COVID-19 changed all the rules.”
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March 19, 2020COVID-19, cancer, and coping
“My cancer diagnosis prepared me for this new and uncertain world. I know how to exist in unknowns, I have built that resilience. Here are some ways that I’m adapting my past experiences for today.”
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December 05, 2019To all the doctors I’ve loved(?) before
YACCtivist Dani prepares her holiday cards for her medical team — six years later.
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September 05, 2019
YACCtivist: Dani Taylor
“I learned to navigate fertility preservation, surgeries, ostomies, and all the ins and outs of cancer treatment, but I wasn’t prepared for the confusing world of survivorship.”
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June 26, 2019YACC values Dani’s commitment
Dani Taylor’s relationship with YACC has seen her take the role of participant, speaker, performer, writer, facilitator, organizer, and — as of this month — a member of our staff.
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November 18, 2016Instagram takeover with @daniyells89
Our latest guest ‘grammer was Dani Taylor (@daniyells89). Dani’s takeover shows how she navigates life as a twenty-something with colorectal cancer, classes, volunteer commitments, and everything else young adults deal with.
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