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Establishing Boundaries and Cancer

July 15, 2018
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What I wish my physicians learned in med school

May 25, 2018
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A cancer survivor’s life secrets, coming undone like a $2 sweater

April 1, 2018
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30 things Cancer taught me by 30

March 28, 2017
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Post Chemo Hair Growth Tips!

March 15, 2017
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To my cancer fighters, I was you this time last year.

February 21, 2017
To all of my cancer ...
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Always be kind.

February 6, 2017
Be kind to everyone,  for ...
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Handle Scanxiety like a real MVP

January 17, 2017
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No hair don’t care, no hair do care, do you boo boo!

January 2, 2017
Everyone handles cancer differently. The ...
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2016 at a glance

December 7, 2016
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To my cancer fighters, I was you this time last year.

by admin / February 21, 2017

To all of my cancer fighters, I was you this time last year. I’m writing to let you know that this time last year, I was in your shoes. I was you. I completely get what you’re going through right now, because I was there. Don’t worry, what you’re feeling is normal. This is all normal. Around this exact time last year, was about two weeks after my first chemo. This exact night is the first time I ran my…

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A letter to all of the doctors that misdiagnosed me

by admin / February 13, 2017

A Letter to all of the doctors that misdiagnosed me: It’s officially been one year since I went into respiratory failure. One year since I was diagnosed with Stage 4B Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. One year since not only my life changed, but the lives of all of my friends and family changed. One year since I woke up in the ICU, after being transferred to Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, to Dr. Izidore Lossos, who essentially saved my life. One year since…

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Always be kind.

by admin / February 6, 2017

Be kind to everyone,  for everyone is fighting their own battle. The world is full of kind people, if you can’t find one, then become one. People are judged every single day, whether we realize it or not. And I think it’s getting to the point where it’s actually becoming heartbreaking. So how do we deal with this? Well, here is what I’ve learned over the past year in my battle with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. In a world full of unkind…

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Handle Scanxiety like a real MVP

by admin / January 17, 2017

HOW TO HANDLE SCANXIETY LIKE A REAL MVP There are a million forms of fear in life. We all fear things daily, whether we want to admit it or not. People fear that they will lose their jobs, people fear that they will never find love or get married, people fear that they will never be enough. For us cancer patients, the fear of scans or “scanxiety” is real. After you’ve conquered something like cancer, we don’t fear the world…

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No hair don’t care, no hair do care, do you boo boo!

by admin / January 2, 2017

Everyone handles cancer differently. The journey is not the same for any one person. The side effects of chemo are awful, I’m not downplaying it. The nausea, the fatigue, the pain. It’s bad. Depending on your chemotherapy regimen, some people lose their hair, and some don’t. I lost my hair, my eyebrows, my eyelashes, everything. I lost it twice. For me personally, this was the most horrifying experience. I remember it like it was yesterday. Running my hands through my…

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2016 at a glance

by admin / December 7, 2016

Nothing will ever prepare you for the day that your entire world comes crashing down. For me, and for a lot of other people, this is the day that you are diagnosed with cancer. This is how I started 2016, and spent the majority of the year. It’s like something out of a movie, where you don’t think that it could ever happen to you. Until it does. It was the most difficult, terrifying, mentally and physically exhausting year of…

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A note to current cancer fighters from a recent survivor

by admin / November 22, 2016

If you’re reading this you’re probably in the hospital receiving your first chemo, or you were just diagnosed, and preparing yourself for what’s about to come. Everything probably happened so quickly that you can’t even wrap your head around things. That’s how it usually happens, all of the sudden. Don’t worry, you will get through it. You’re going to be hit with the fertility card, and told how many side effects that you could possibly have from the chemo. Neuropathy,…

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Dating & Cancer

by admin / October 24, 2016

So, one of the most common questions people ask me involves dating and cancer. If you were just diagnosed with cancer, you’re probably freaking the f*ck out and thinking “oh my god, no one is going to ever want to date me again!”. Here is my experience. I did the same thing. The same exact thing. I literally cried to my friend Kristin for days at first. I cried to every single guy friend that I have. I cried to…

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The journey continues during Remission

by admin / October 20, 2016

Remission. Everyone thinks it’s over, but it’s never really over. We all try to be strong, but we also all have our off days. Our cancer centers become our security blankets. We become attached to our doctors. We become attached to our nurses. We become attached to those in pathology that draw our blood during labs. It’s all a sense of security, and once you’re in remission, your security blanket is completely gone. That’s why they say that the first…

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“Life after cancer”

by admin / October 2, 2016

They say that remission is hard. It’s sometimes more hard than the actual treatment itself. I remember on my last day of chemo, one of my friends who is an NP at my cancer center told me this, and it stuck with me. I’ve been in remission for two months, and while I thank god every night for giving me a second chance, it’s not as easy as it sounds. It’s hard. Really hard. You’re still tired, your body is…

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