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Even though conquering cancer scared me, I knew being courageous would help me with the fight.

After a while, I stopped caring about wearing a mastectomy bra and did was what comfortable to me: wearing a regular bra.

When I was finally allowed to eat after my mastectomy, the hospital-grade turkey sandwich tasted like the best thing ever.

When people tell me I "fought cancer," I disagree. I believe I endured cancer.

After cancer, I finally went on a cruise and allowed myself to fight through my fears, which felt so freeing.

At a cancer support group at my church, we sit together and share our cancer stories.

I've been living with small lymphocytic lymphoma for 14 years now, but it has taught be some valuable lessons about life.

I lived by Nike's motto, "Just do it!" and worked to gain my muscle back after cancer.

The anxiety of cancer will seemingly never go away.

I felt like I had to come back to life after hearing the word “metastatic.”

Cancer has taught me valuable lessons and now, I'm letting these lessons guide me.

After a recent fiasco while trying to order prostheses and bras, I have an important question I’d like answered.

Even my favorite show depicted cancer in a stereotypical way, which impacted my view on cancer when I first received my diagnosis of follicular lymphoma.

After cancer and becoming an empty nester, I thought I would be lost. But now, I'm finding purpose and following my dreams.

"Getting cancer is kind of like getting stuck out in the rain — torrential rain."

I've found a little bit of joy in naming the six active tumors in my body.

A cancer survivor described the agony of making a life-or-death decision.

Fear overtook my mind as I received rounds of scans for prostate cancer when my PSA results surged.

I never told my daughters what stage my lung cancer was. Was I being genuine?

My wife's simple sentence to me ended up saving my life from colorectal cancer.

I've found that making time for a good laugh each day helped break through the looming thought of cancer.

After cancer, taking baby steps towards stuff you want to do is what matters.

Getting a colonoscopy was the first step to gaining insight on my colon cancer.

A cancer-related side effect I faced was constipation caused by pain medication.

Months after I was told I was in remission for stage 3B lung cancer, my "normal" shifted as the COVID-19 pandemic arrived.

After being diagnosed with Lynch syndrome, uncertainty has become a constant companion of mine.

As I reflect upon the past, I wonder: Was I just lucky to have turned my health around after fighting and healing from stage 4 bone cancer?

When a friend recently asked if I’d ever thought cancer might kill me, I had to think back and examine myself.

Whenever I experience a new ache or patch of itchy skin, I immediately think it's a health issue — or a recurrence.

Recently, I have been focusing on the concept of Mattering, and it has boosted my mental health.