Category: life with cancer
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Cancer Memoirs: A List
As a cancer patient who loves to read, I wasn’t sure how I would feel reading memoirs from other cancer patients. Would it be too hard? Would it be inspiring or just heartbreaking? My favourite kind of memoirs are the ones that I not only am able to relate to…
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Is It Irritating or Is It Misophonia?
How could someone who loves music and concerts have an issue with noise?
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Quality Over Quantity
I want a life of quality. I want to focus on having a rich, joyous, meaningful life, however long that may be, however much I weigh, however many books I read, and however many countries I travel to. I choose quality over quantity any day.
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Can’t Read and Write If I’m Dead
I wanted to document my life during my cancer treatments, but the side effects from chemo held me back from it.
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I Wanna Hold Your Hand
Going through cancer treatment is hard. Having to go through it alone would be even harder. I am so fortunate to have had my partner hold my hand every step of the way. He was there to take on my darkness and tether me to his light.
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Chemotherapy was Anti-Climactic
Chemotherapy is not an interesting thing to write about. Not the physical act of it anyways. It is pretty anti-climactic for the most part.
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Diagnosis: Cancer
What is your worst nightmare? Mine became a reality the day I was diagnosed with cancer.
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