Sometimes it seems cancer diagnoses come in waves. I traveled to and from Washington, DC, in the span of 26 hours last week. During that…
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I had the distinct pleasure today of representing the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network at a Congressional research briefing in Washington, D.C. I shared…
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The month of March is an important month for many reasons. It was the month I was diagnosed four years ago. It’s Colorectal Cancer Awareness…
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Another cancer-versary season is underway. I was diagnosed in March 2012, finished treatment in February 2013 and was declared cancer-free in May 2013. Last year,…
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I have had enough. I’m done with being overweight. I’m done with having a jacked up metabolism from cancer treatment, and I’m done with it…
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I got a phone call out of the blue today, while I was driving home from Nashville, where I’d been with colleagues at our state…
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I’ve had a big week celebrating my “second birthday.” It was a week filled with friends, cake, coffee, burgers, tattoos and more love than any…
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A side effect of cancer treatment has come roaring back into my life. It feels angry. The “it” is neuropathy, the numbness, tingling and occasional…
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I’ve come to like making a big deal of a couple cancer-related anniversaries — my diagnosis date, which I call my “cancerversary,” and the last…
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It's Not Harder Than Cancer Surviving Thriving
Returning to the Front Lines of a Battle I Never Really Left
One night, I’m standing in a hospital room showing a friend on the verge of colon surgery my colostomy appliance and hoping I don’t inadvertently…