Survivorship
Eating After My Cancer Treatment Was So Painful, It Felt Like I Had Strep Throat for 1 Year
February 15th 2022After realizing that alcohol and spicy foods were excruciating to consume after treatment, throat cancer survivor Rob Paulsen learned that smoothies were a much healthier — and more soothing — option.
Cancer Survivor Encourages Others to Create a Daily Routine to Help Cope with ‘Scanxiety’
February 8th 2022“Coping for me has been routine-based, and that is making sure I do the things that are in my day that are really foundationally making me feel joyful,” says a survivor of an advanced-stage cancer on how to cope with “scanxiety.”
When COVID-19 Cancels Your Cancer Appointments: Why Are We Still in Crisis Mode 2 Years Later?
January 29th 2022A colon cancer survivor expresses her frustration about the way the health care system is currently being managed as yet another wave of COVID-19 cases caused her to cancel an appointment she’d waited three months for.
Here’s to Appreciating Life and the Places You’ll Go, Despite Living With Cancer
January 23rd 2022A woman living with metastatic breast cancer describes how the death of a friend’s grandmother reminded her of her own grandmother’s passing and the lessons she learned about life from it that she applies in her cancer journey.
As I Begin Another Year of Cancer Treatment, I Struggle Over Why I’m Still Here and Others Aren’t
January 22nd 2022A patient with stage 4 ovarian cancer still receiving treatment six years after her first diagnosis explains that even though she’s exhausted from all her treatments and the related side effects, she knows many others don’t survive as long as she has.
‘Shock to the Heart’: A Cancer Survivor Recalls the Emotions of Her First Chemo Treatment
January 12th 2022After not knowing quite what to expect from her first chemotherapy treatment, colorectal cancer survivor Yla Flores describes the pain she felt in her heart after seeing other patients in worse conditions.
When Faced With Death, Live Life to the Fullest, Says a Cancer Survivor
December 21st 2021“I had to choose one of two paths, to become the victim and let the disease control me or take control of the disease and fight for my life. The moment I chose to fight was the moment life opened all of its beauty,” writes a lymphoma survivor.