The Road Through Chemo (article)

Everyone's road through chemotherapy is a bit unique. We all face our demons of nausea, fatigue, hair loss, and emotional ups and downs ...

Cancer Discrimination and Bias (article)

We live in a society full of bias which leads to racism, discrimination, fear and hatred. The media recently has reflected this with headlin...

Cancer Spans Everything (article)

Cancer brings us together and rips us apart. Cancer knows no boundaries - it crosses race, age, sex, families, and even politics. Cancer can...

When Are We Done Healing and Grieving After A Cancer Diagnosis? (article)

Is there supposed to be a secret moment that you reach and realize that you are done healing and grieving after a cancer diagnosis? I know t...

Emotional Stress (article)

About a year ago, I met a young woman who had had cancer since age 18 when she was diagnosed with an inherited pancreatic cancer. She had ne...

Our Cancer Friends Become Most Important (article)

After years of living in cancerland, I have learned our cancer friends become most important. Before cancer, you meet someone with a cancer ...

Coping (article)

Because I had an awful cold over the holidays , we postponed Christmas. It was yesterday for our family. It meant a ton of cooking, housegue...

Friends (article)

We all have our best friends, our close friends, our coffee pals, our nod across the street friends, and our sort of friends. Then us specia...

Vanessa Bayer (article)

I can tell you I am not Vanessa Bayer's biggest fan, because I honestly do not stay up until midnight to watch the show (waaaayyyy past ...