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Things to stop giving an eff about

by admin / July 15, 2016

WHAT YOU SHOULD STOP GIVING AN EFF ABOUT Chemo thoughts, cancer thoughts, crazy chemo brain. You have so many realizations while going through such a traumatic event in your life. This trauma eventually brings you clarity, and believe me, I’ve never thought or seen so clearly in my entire life. Pretty crazy that it takes some people to be on the verge of life or death, to think clearly, huh? Me being one of them, whoops! So, in my…

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Until it happens to you: social stigma

by admin / July 12, 2016

Society. We judge people on a daily basis, consciously and subconsciously. If someone is the slightest bit “different” from the average person, they are considered weird, or people act like there is something wrong with them. We all do it, whether we like to admit it or not, but at the end of the day, we do it. It reminds me of that quote that reads..be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a battle that you know nothing about.…

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Straight outta chemo

by admin / July 6, 2016

Straight out of Chemotherapy During my first cycle of chemo, I had no idea what was going on. I was half sedated for it, and really didn’t get a true glimpse of what it was all about, until the second cycle, when the true horror story began. Once I was able to manage my side effects, I was fine. While the rest of the girls in my city are worried about which snap chat filter to use, one of my…

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Medical Update!

by admin / July 2, 2016

So I’ve already written a million posts on radiation, but since it’s over, I thought I would talk about how radiation really was for me. (No bs..real talk!) radiation, like chemo..is different for everyone. For me, I handled radiation in a totally different way. Chemo, I was out and about, enjoying life, still sick, but nonetheless, I had motivation to get out. Probably from the lethal amount of Prednisone that I’m on, ha! Radiation was a different monster, but mainly…

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What people with cancer want you to know

by admin / June 21, 2016

This week, I decided to team up with my friend Megan, who is also undergoing chemotherapy, but has Leukemia as opposed to Lymphoma. She just went into complete remission by the way, wooo!! We thought it would be a cool idea to compile a list of things that people with cancer want you to know. Here it goes! If it can happen to us, it can happen to you. I’m 29 and Megan is 23. We never thought that…

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Cancer Beauty 101

by admin / June 8, 2016

It’s so easy to let yourself completely go and fall into a funk during chemo, since we tend to look in the mirror and not even recognize ourselves. This is why I’m personally a big advocate of makeup, and great skin care products, even when you don’t feel like putting any on! It helps you feel more like your old self. Here are some tips and tricks that I found useful during chemo: Eyebrows: I ended up losing all of…

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What not to say to someone with cancer

by admin / June 7, 2016

Having Cancer is tough, and it’s also tough to have a friend or family member going through it. It’s hard to know the right things to say And when to say them. The Hodgkin’s Awareness Group composed a bunch of “what not to say” lines, to help everyone out. I laughed the entire time writing this, because they are so spot on and ridiculous. Everyone pretty much agreed that this is number 1..DO NOT and I repeat DO NOT talk…

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What really keeps us going

by admin / June 3, 2016

Timing is a bitch. We can meet the perfect person for us, at the completely wrong time. We can get sick at the completely wrong time. Our cars can break down at the completely wrong time. Bad things can happen at the completely wrong time. But you know what’s worse than bad timing? Waiting. Set backs. This is such an overlooked part of our cancer journeys, which can leave you an emotional wreck. Traumatic events in our lives leave scars,…

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Doing social good with social media in the era of social narcissism

by admin / May 28, 2016

Social media. A platform that women in Miami and a lot of other cities across the world use to show their assets. And by assets I mean they really do show their ASSets. Check on Instagram, and the majority of girls are posting half naked selfies of their butts in thong bikinis, and pretty much in bras. If they’re not posting selfies, they’re posting pictures of their hand bags, material goods, watches, or on some 80 year old man’s private…

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Radiation 101: tips and tricks!

by admin / May 23, 2016

Radiation is a b*tch! Everyone handles chemo and radiation differently, but for me, radiation has been pretty bad. Until that is, I was able to learn how to manage it. The two main side effects of radiation for me are nausea and vomiting. After dealing with this bad boy for two weeks, I figured out the tips and tricks to prevent this from happening, it’s not fun! Drink enough water each day to prevent dehydration. Drink as much water as…

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30 things Cancer taught me by 30

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

Always be kind.

Handle Scanxiety like a real MVP

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

2016 at a glance