Michelle Velez

I frequently relive the day I was diagnosed with cancer and realized that I may need to limit my exposure to other people’s cancer battles.

I was told that I would miscarry my pregnancy, but continued to feel more pregnant, leading to my molar pregnancy diagnosis — a condition I’ve never heard of before. 

I can’t plan anything without planning time to rest. I literally have to schedule my whole day around when I can lie down to nap.

When I was diagnosed with cancer, I thought of only two things: my loved ones and how much time I had left with them.

When trying to relate to a cancer survivor, do not tell them how someone else died of the disease, writes Michelle Velez.

Chemotherapy-related fatigue is a real and often debilitating side effect from cancer treatment.

People without cancer may not understand the guilt survivors feel when their disease improves and others take a turn for the worse.

It wasn’t just a miscarriage, it was a rare type of cancer called choriocarcinoma.