Is it too much to ask for a normal doctors appointment where ZERO red flags come up? 😅 I had my well-women’s exam at the gynecologist about two months after finishing RAI. I was coming to terms with the bodily changes I was going through, and was trying to stay positive about healing from this …
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Things NOT To Say To a Cancer Patient
“You won the lottery of cancers. It’s the “good” cancer.” The amount of nurses who told me this line… oof. I had to grimace and fake laugh and say oh yes, lucky me! Jackpot! I have malignant cells, but since it is treatable, I won the lottery! “At least it’s not breast cancer.” This felt …
High-School Superlatives; First to Get Cancer
When you graduate high school, you and your friends often still keep tabs on the people from your graduation class for years to come. We text each other when we see someone got married, someone moved abroad, when someone has a baby, etc. You see who the first people are to start a family, the …
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Bright Spots
The biggest blessings I received during this time all revolve around the theme of feeling cared for and thought of. Here are some big ones that stuck out as beautiful bright spots during the dark times. Check-In Texts This wins, hands down, and is the simplest of things. All it took was seeing “hey bud, …
Choosing to Share My Story
This part of my cancer experience, the "coming out", was kind of a touchy one. Who do I tell? How do I tell? Do I even tell? I felt like a fraud to hold it in. How could I carry on posting like normal and withhold such a life-altering event? So I wrote out my …
The "Good" Cancer 