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Cancer Recurrence, Getting Past the Anxiety

June 16th 2025

By Sue McCarthy

If there is ever an annual follow up CT scan that does not cause me significant anxiety, this year will be the one.

How Scars and Journaling Helped Me Embrace Life After Colon Cancer

June 16th 2025

By Carla Deschamps

I became a colon cancer survivor after my 2020 diagnosis, and I share how my scars, mindset shifts and journaling helped me embrace this second chance.

Survivorship, the Hardest Part After Cancer?

June 13th 2025

By Debbie Legault

Survivorship after cancer can be harder than treatment. My daughter faces lasting side effects, fear, and uncertainty while building a life she hopes to live fully.

Pancreatic Cancer Tried to Crash My Three Daughters’ Weddings

June 13th 2025

By William Ramshaw

I was told I wouldn’t live to see my daughters’ weddings — but 12 years later, I’ve been there for two, and I’m holding out hope for the third.

Beyond Treatment: How Support Groups Helped Me Embrace My New Normal

June 12th 2025

By Patti McGee

Joining support groups after cancer treatment helped me heal emotionally, connect with others who understood and embrace a new, meaningful normal.

Don’t Miss Your Shot: A Letter to My Newly Diagnosed Self

June 12th 2025

By Georgia Hurst

Eminem’s lyric about having “one shot” stayed with me, and writing this letter to my newly diagnosed self, reminds me how that mindset saved my life.

Being a Cancer Survivor is a Gift I Never Take for Granted

June 11th 2025

By Kelly Irvin

Being a cancer survivor for nine and a half years has taught me to live in the moment, to make those moments count.

Connected by Shared Experiences and What Cancer Can’t Take Away

June 11th 2025

By Diana M. Martin

Two people connect by sharing their experiences about taking care of their spouses who died from cancer, and the realization that sparked something more.

A Letter to My 2009 Self, Newly Diagnosed With Breast Cancer

June 10th 2025

By Brenda Denzler

I survived breast cancer and medical trauma, but the road was brutal. Fifteen years later, I’m alive, scarred and still searching for peace.

I Sometimes Forget to Celebrate Survivorship

June 9th 2025

By Mary Sansone

Five years after my transplant for leukemia, I’m learning to focus on gratitude despite daily struggles, remembering that being alive is the greatest gift.