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Most Recent Posts

• Video
  Nick Giallourakis

  Spilling Tea with the G’s – Episode #8

  We are back! After a two week break we had the honor of interviewing Alexa Jett and Megan-Claire Chase! We got into A LOT of Elephants in the Room and dove into the scary world of social media and cancer.

• Sexuality
  Marloe Esch

  Speaking of Sex: Be H.E.A.R.D.!

  But often, such conversations are an important and necessary part of addressing any worries, concerns, or questions you might have about your sex life.  Cancer can change how our bodies look or how they respond to sexual touch, how we feel about our appearance, and our interest in being sexual.  And yeah, bringing up any of these sensitive topics with your partner can feel really awkward.  But is it impossible?  Of course not!  

• Reflections with Rachel
  Rachel Mihalko

  When Your Life Becomes the Story: Poetry and Prose

  The thing about the stories we read or watch is that there’s typically an ending. You can wrap the plot up in a tight little bow and be done with it. That’s not life. We are continuously growing and changing and recreating our own narrative. I definitely have trouble with that concept; if I had my way, I would just skip to the end: the parts where I’ve recovered emotionally from cancer and have put the pain of the past completely behind me. 

Most Popular Posts

• Emotional Support
  Kim Buff

  Cataclysmic Attachment Trauma

  Having been in the cancer world for over a decade, and in the front-lines with families spanning that entire timeframe, I have had the opportunity to directly witness both personally and through association, the ongoing impacts of cataclysmic attachment. 

• Chemo Brain
  Hannah Starkey

  Insane in the Chemo Brain: Insane in the Brain!

  Then some weird, wild stuff started happening to me. It all started when I was having a conversation with someone. I was trying to tell her that I got a new type of…what’s it called…uh, that stuff you put on your toothbrush and then it cleans your teeth…uh, toothpaste? Yeah! That’s it! Toothpaste!

• Survivorship
  Jennifer Anand

  Seven Year Cancerversary: An Isolated Celebration

  Seven years. I’ve looked forward to today basically all of 2020 so far, as I do every spring. In the dreary winter and rainy spring months, March 18th is the day that I live for, and defines the first quarter of the year for me. But I’m spending it so differently from what I had planned, as I’m sure you are.