Part of our ongoing Cancer Secrets series, where our community shares the truths that often go unsaid.
Front Text:
“Leap: to evade something by passing around it.
Tunnel: a long passage that allows pedestrians or vehicles to proceed under or through an obstruction.”
Secret:
“Cancer, WTF did you pick me.
WTF am I stuck with fear of you the rest of my life.
You took my boobs and they say you’ll take my ovaries too. F*** off.”
Anger belongs here.
It’s the voice of boundaries, of exhaustion, of survival. This secret burns with the frustration of what cancer keeps taking, long after treatment ends. Sometimes healing starts with shouting into the void and hearing your own voice echo back.
— Cancer Secrets Submission, September 2025
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