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Having an unwavering cancer community on Facebook has given me strength, which all started after they sent a teal blanket to me.

From experiencing the death of loved ones to receiving my own diagnosis and becoming involved in advocacy, my cancer experience has come full circle.

I used to think that having lung cancer canceled all of my life's plans, but I realized I shouldn't give it that much power.

My oncologist said that having a supportive community during cancer is just as important as treatment and I could not agree more — it makes me thankful.

My health care team went back and forth on whether spots on my liver were cancerous, and that put me on an emotional rollercoaster.

Participating in research and leaning on advocacy organizations helped me through my rare cancer diagnosis.

When I looked back on calendars and journals from my time with cancer, I was surprised to see that it was incredibly mundane.

Staying positive while receiving cancer treatment for non-Hodgkin lymphoma helped me feel grateful for happy moments.

Medical school didn't teach me how to help patients find hope during tough times.

When I told my friends and family I have multiple myeloma, some of them didn't know what to do.

In this poem, a woman with liposarcoma writes about her feelings during a long hospital stay.

Through it all, poetry was the lens through which I could examine and deal with these very emotional and painful times in my life.

Seeing a young man ringing the bell surrounded by family reminded me of the incredible support I received during ovarian cancer, too.

On the harder days with my husband’s cancer, we would try to remember happy memories to help improve our moods.

Even though I will never be cancer-free from cholangiocarcinoma, I’m ready to face the next chapter in my life and make the most of it.

Learning that I had cancer — melanoma and renal cell carcinoma — made me feel like I lost something, but I keep looking ahead.

I expected chemotherapy, radiation and surgery to be difficult, but I felt totally lost after treatment ended.

Curing childhood cancer, any kind, is no place to be divided.

I’m grateful for my medical background and how it helped me care for my mom after her cancer diagnosis.

Caregivers are tailor-made to help patients and survivors through their cancer experiences.

I didn’t know that there were many kinds of breast cancer or how obsessed people were with hair.

My colon cancer diagnosis significantly dwarfed all my other problems.

With my breast cancer experience, there's always a juxtaposition between the fear of mortality and the hope of living.

Throughout my experience with stage 4 non-Hodgkin lymphoma, I realized that time is precious to me.

I hope my poem — which outlines my experience being diagnosed with colon cancer — brings light to someone’s day.

These poems encapsulated my successful battle with stage 4 Hodgkin lymphoma.

This poem is a reflection of some of my thoughts and feelings when my wife received a diagnosis of triple-negative breast cancer.

I believe a divine intervention miraculously saved my life when I had a dream about breast cancer — it turned out to be true.