by Terry Arnold | Feb 29, 2024 | Survivorship Volume 1, Issue 1
by Terry Arnold I recall the first time I woke up, and the initial thought of the day wasn’t the haunting notion of “I have cancer.” I initially overlooked that moment. It took me hours into my day to realize that my daily companion, the quiet fear,...
by Julia Laursen | Feb 22, 2024 | Survivorship Volume 1, Issue 1
My grandma and I were best of friends. We had so much in common. We loved Jason Bateman, a good drink and meal, to travel, and going to live theater. After I was diagnosed with cancer we suddenly had even more in common. We took a lot of the same medications. We...
by Gina | Feb 14, 2024 | Mind & Body Volume 1, Issue 1, Survivorship Volume 1, Issue 1
September 20th, 2022 was a day I will never forget. It all started earlier in the month when, what seemed to be overnight, I started to develop a lump in my right breast. Knowing that I have fibrocystic breasts, I initially wasn’t overly alarmed. However, I decided I...
by Cindy | Feb 12, 2024 | Survivorship Volume 1, Issue 1
by Cindy One thing that doesn’t get talked about a lot when you are in cancer treatment, is what happens after that treatment is done. You’re sent back into the world, but what are you supposed to do now? You have been in survival mode for months, focusing on...
by Amy | Feb 9, 2024 | Hope Stories Volume 1, Issue 1, Survivorship Volume 1, Issue 1
by Amy I was by myself at the hospital when I found out I had cancer. It was 2020 and at the height of the Covid crisis. No one was allowed to go with me, so I ventured in alone. I never thought I’d actually have cancer. Mind you, I...
by Aliki | Feb 9, 2024 | Hope Stories Volume 1, Issue 1, Survivorship Volume 1, Issue 1
By Aliki Cancer is a subject that a lot of people are afraid of, some tread around carefully, and others simply avoid discussing. And most, if not all, think that it will never happen to them. Until it does. In June 2022, at the age of 36 I was diagnosed with...