January 12th 2022
By Jamie Cesanek
After not knowing quite what to expect from her first chemotherapy treatment, colorectal cancer survivor Yla Flores describes the pain she felt in her heart after seeing other patients in worse conditions.
January 11th 2022
By Laura Yeager
A cancer survivor explains how she was able to intimately reconnect with her spouse after cancer caused their love life to fizzle for many years.
January 10th 2022
By Ron Cooper
A cancer survivor offers tips on dealing with the mental gymnastics of wondering whether his COVID-19 vaccine will work against the omicron variant and how more isolation will affect his mental state.
January 9th 2022
By Bonnie Annis
A cancer survivor explains her approach to New Year’s resolutions and how she plans to make her health a priority.
January 7th 2022
By Colleen Moretti
Cancer survivors may experience psychological side effects of cancer and can benefit from stress management interventions, although these in-person services are often limited.
By Tamera Anderson-Hanna
A breast cancer survivor describes a project she participated in — the Dear Body Project — to thank her body for all that it has endured.
January 6th 2022
By William Ramshaw
A pancreatic cancer survivor explains how he learned to live after cancer and reflects on lessons learned from the book, “Tuesdays with Morrie.”
January 3rd 2022
A cancer survivor pens a poem about his New Year’s resolutions to help other survivors through obstacles in 2022.
December 31st 2021
By Steve Rubin
A young adult cancer survivor describes the ways people typically misunderstand his cancer experiences.
December 30th 2021
A person with cancer may naturally assume an oncologist will follow them throughout the course of treatment, but when that person survives for many years, things can rapidly change.
December 29th 2021
By Jane Biehl Ph.D.
A cancer survivor discusses the hurtful words people say to cancer survivors and why they sting.
December 24th 2021
By Felicia Mitchell
Nobody wants to learn they have cancer. But sometimes, the disease teaches people to appreciate other aspects of life, one cancer survivor explains.
December 23rd 2021
By Khevin Barnes
A male breast cancer survivor discusses the fear and fabrications created in his head and how he deals with them.
December 21st 2021
By Nina Luker
“I had to choose one of two paths, to become the victim and let the disease control me or take control of the disease and fight for my life. The moment I chose to fight was the moment life opened all of its beauty,” writes a lymphoma survivor.
December 20th 2021
A cancer survivor explains how she feels like she’s living inside a nightmare with new COVID-19 variants appearing all the time, making her unable to see her family over the holidays.
December 15th 2021
A man who has spent five years dealing with cancer shares his thoughts on the COVID-19 booster shot.
December 14th 2021
A pancreatic cancer survivor explains the anguish he felt over seeing a young mother and her child in the waiting room for his oncologist, and what words of advice he would offer her.
December 10th 2021
By Marissa Holzer
A patient with metastatic breast cancer reflects on the difficulties she faced in 2021 and why a shipwreck is the perfect metaphor for her year.
December 9th 2021
Oftentimes the warmest holiday moments can remind cancer survivors of how much their paths have been derailed, a survivor explains.
December 8th 2021
Each time a new COVID-19 variant takes the world by storm, cancer survivors struggle to cope with the resulting exhaustion and fear, one survivor explains.
December 4th 2021
A cancer survivor explains how her most prized possession went from being a faux fur coat to the slip of paper that reads, “No cancer detected.”
December 3rd 2021
Cancerversaries can stir up difficult emotions for many cancer survivors. One pancreatic cancer survivor offers advice on how to cope with these feelings.
December 1st 2021
From finding tasks to feel in control of his well-being to spending time with loved ones, one man describes how he takes care of his mental health after cancer.
November 29th 2021
Several CURE® Calendar Contest winners describe their winning creations and discuss how they used art as a medium of coping with the struggles of cancer.
By Robin Zimmerman
A man who lost his wife to cancer explains the positive attitude she had during treatment and how she came to reach acceptance of her prognosis.
November 25th 2021
CURE® recently asked its readers on social media to share who or what they were most thankful for having during their cancer experience. Here’s what they had to say.
A cancer survivor talks about how she has learned to appreciate the little things in her daily life.
November 23rd 2021
By Jessica Bolz
It’s easy to internalize the way other people treat you, but oftentimes it’s merely a result of their own inner struggles, a cancer survivor explains.
November 18th 2021
A cancer survivor explains how the new treatments coming out for all types of cancer give her hope. “If we are diagnosed today, a cure or remission may come out next week or next month, or next year to give us additional time to live,” she writes.
November 17th 2021
A cancer survivor describes the emotional rollercoaster of learning her tumor marker levels have risen. "I had decided that this would be the year I would bid farewell to my cancer journey. So much for my big plan," she writes.
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