Coming Home to My Body, in Sickness and in Health
Sep 3, 2018 · 6 min read

by Julie Bolitho
In 2004, at the age of 19, I was diagnosed with metastatic thyroid cancer. It was one of the best things to ever happen to me.
Despite already having an autoimmune disease of the thyroid as a young teenager, having cancer, a disease that carries heavy cultural connotations, woke me up to the disconnect that existed between my mind…

