When I Needed to Talk
One cancer survivor discusses the need to talk to others during and after her treatment, and the healing ability of listening as well.
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The Falling, Wandering and Crashing Business of Cancer Treatment Side Effects
If you’ve experienced neuropathy, you know what it entails.
A Guide for Caregivers
One patient provides potential caregivers “a guide to help you help me”.
Dealing With a Second Relapse
“When learning about a second relapse, the only thing I could think was, ‘Oh no. Not again. This cannot be happening.”
When Cancer Comes Back
You never expect to get a diagnosis of cancer, but what about when it comes back?
Counting the Days of Chemotherapy
I was never any good at math, but I can count. So I learned to live by this bit of information by counting the days that passed after my treatments for ovarian cancer.
Day One is Always Memorable in the Saga of Chemotherapy
Looking back on Day One in the chemotherapy journey.
The Diagnosis From Hell
"They say once you hear the word cancer, you retain maybe 40 percent of the information that follows, but the words 'ovarian cancer' got through alright."