Coming Home to My Body, in Sickness and in Health

Julie Bolitho
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…

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