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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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May 09, 2023Telling your story (there is no “right way”)
“Sharing my story helps me come to terms with what I have been through, puts a spotlight on cancer in the young adult community, and challenges the misconception that being young equates to being healthy.”
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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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February 02, 2023What does my future hold?
“I wonder about what my life would have been like if I didn’t have cancer. I think about the dreams that have been taken from me. I wonder about the person I would have been if my life wasn’t derailed from the path that I was on.”
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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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November 23, 2022I thought PTSD was only for soldiers
Nicole writes about being diagnosed with PTSD after cancer, and some of the things that have help her through it.
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November 17, 2022Manning up to cancer
Jay writes about how Man Up to Cancer helped build another part of the peer community he is looking for after a colon cancer diagnosis.
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October 13, 2022Finding my way in motherhood and survivorship
“I was eight months postpartum when I was diagnosed with cancer. That sentence stops me in my tracks.”
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