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Still Here. Still Going. Getting Back to the Gigs.
Read more: Still Here. Still Going. Getting Back to the Gigs.On sunflower lanyards, accessible cards, panic attacks in crowds — and how I found my way back to the things I love. There was a point — not long after major abdominal surgery — where the idea of standing in a crowd of strangers felt completely impossible. Not scary in an abstract way. Impossible. My…
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The Unspoken Rules: A Young Adult’s Guide to Chemo Room Etiquette
Read more: The Unspoken Rules: A Young Adult’s Guide to Chemo Room EtiquetteWhen you walk into the infusion suite for the first time at 34, it feels a bit like entering a very quiet, very medicinal library. Everyone is in their own bubble, yet we’re all tethered to the same beeping machines. After spending more hours in those reclining chairs than I care to count, I’ve realized…
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The “Chemo Survival Kit”
Read more: The “Chemo Survival Kit”What’s Actually in My Bag. When you’re a young adult heading into the infusion suite, you quickly realize the magazines in the waiting room aren’t for you, and the “entertainment” is lacking. Radio 4 on repeat is not the one. After countless rounds, I’ve refined my packing list down to the essentials that kept me…
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My Story: The Road to “Stage Four Strong”
Read more: My Story: The Road to “Stage Four Strong”I’ve been in the chair, too. My journey didn’t start with a diagnosis; it started years earlier with a gut feeling that something was wrong. For nearly two decades, my concerns were sidelined as IBS. Even as a young adult in my early 30s reporting worsening pain and fatigue, the red flags were missed. Even…
