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Essays

Life After a Cancer Diagnosis
Julie Silver ran into many “bumps in the road” after she was diagnosed with stage IV ovarian cancer. Despite many difficulties along the way, today her life is filled with gratitude and appreciation. Read More ›

Fishing for Our Souls
Cancer survivor Tricia Tennesen recounts her spirit-lifting experience with a group of survivors on a nature retreat that involved fly-fishing, which offered her a “path to spirituality without doctrine or dogma.” Read More ›

Using My Lung Cancer Story to Advocate for Change in Minority Communities
After getting tested for genetic abnormalities, Brandi Bryant learned she had the ALK genetic mutation, which increases the risk for lung cancer. This information resulted in important changes in her treatment and led her to become an advocate for genetic testing, especially among minority communities. Read More ›

The CDH1 Gene Mutation:  My Family’s Story of  Hereditary Cancer
Jon Grossman shares his powerful story of learning he inherited the genetic mutation that caused his mother’s stomach cancer, and the drastic steps he took to ensure he will not have that cancer. Read More ›

How Faith, Family, and Friends Are Getting Me Through Peritoneal Cancer
When the emergency department (better known as ER) doctor and the clinical nurse specialist came in and asked, “Is there anyone with you?” I knew what was to follow wasn’t good. Like many other women, had made excuses for the discomfort, bloating, and weight gain I was experiencing in October 2016, thinking it was just something I had eaten, or maybe my metabolism, menopause, or inactivity. Read More ›

The Good, the Bad, and the Funny: Making the Most of a Life Shaped by Breast Cancer
Enjoy Lillie Shockney’s sense of humor as you read her personal story of how working as a nurse and facing her own breast cancer diagnosis shaped her life and her lifelong work as a breast cancer educator and advocate. Read More ›

“You Will Live”
Samantha Anderson refused to give up when her triple-negative breast cancer returned. Trusting her oncologist, she enrolled in the clinical trial with Tecentriq (atezolizumab) that led to the approval of the first immunotherapy for this type of breast cancer. Read More ›

Rare Diagnosis, Rarer Outcome
A seemingly ordinary case of appendicitis uncovers a very rare cancer. Fred McKitrick details how he grappled with the reality of a very “unreal” situation. Read More ›

You Don’t Have to Apologize for Your Feelings: It’s Okay to Have  a Meltdown
Rebecca Blomgren felt betrayed and angry when the “bump” she had told her dentists about for years was dismissed as nothing but was finally diagnosed as advanced oral cancer. This experience has taught her to accept her fears and anxieties without apology. Read More ›

Recovering from Survivor Guilt After Surviving Hurricane Katrina and Colorectal Cancer
As a psychologist dedicated to helping people cope with disasters, Jamie D. Aten knew the damage “survivor’s guilt” can do. As a stage IV colon cancer survivor, he says, “I wasn’t prepared for it to hit me personally.” Read More ›

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