We want to see what you’re up to offline as well! Print out Flat Cactus (he needs a name too!) and take them with you!
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Dating and Cancer History: To Disclose or Not to Disclose?
Cancer is my heaviest baggage. It’s my crazy ex-girlfriend that tried to kill me, and I would hate it if she ever came back, but she’s crazy, so she might. And I feel that I have to tell you at some point, so when’s the right time?
Continue readingWrite Now With Jean Rowe: Choice
It’s Summer and connecting with one another is more open because we can comfortably meet up outside. How we experience any of these aspects of the season is up to us. Choice bubbles to the surface.
Continue readingProgress with Prozac
After Facing Testicular Cancer, I Realized I Was Feeling Depressed – So I Asked For Antidepressants
Continue readingSurviving As A Caregiver
Though I’m a young adult cancer survivor, having been diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma at the age of 24, I first heard the words ‘you have cancer’ said to my mother 2 years before my own diagnosis.
Continue readingYou Are Not Alone. I Repeat: You Are Not Alone.
I wish that I had the awareness that this was a common feeling for AYAs when I was first diagnosed and undergoing treatment, because, although I had so much support from my family and friends, I still felt isolated and misunderstood.
Continue readingCancer and Careers National Conference!
We are pleased to partner with Cancer and Careers on their annual National Conference on Work & Cancer, virtually on June 24, 2022!
Continue readingHi, My Name Is Aerial And I Have Anxiety.
The difference between Aerial today and Aerial from a decade ago is the management of my mental health. I have my “go-to” list that helps me get through moments of angst, like the middle of the night panics when all my friends are sleeping and my husband is snoring the night away.
Continue readingPeace Amidst Chaos
There are many things in life that we prepare for. We study or practice and hope that when the time comes, we are ready for whatever faces us. So, when something extreme happens to us, like being diagnosed with cancer, what preparation from our lives do we fall back on?
Continue readingFinding Grace Through Grief
The lesson I’ve learned from all of this tremendous grief is to show yourself some freaking grace. Give credit that your loved ones know how you feel, that the appreciation you have is known, and that while you’ll always wish for more time, it’s okay that things were left where they were.
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