A Cancer Survivor Turns 30

Growing up, my imagination was easily captured by historical fiction and fantasy books, by the idea of living in…

How My Body Became A Stranger

“I’m going to tattoo you now, and this will be permanent.”

I Miss the Catcalls: Grieving Beauty After Cancer

Beauty is a difficult thing to lose all at once…

An Introvert’s Guide to Surviving Her Cancer Support System

Is My Cancer Getting You Down? Let Me Help With That.

Vanity and Chemo: Cancer Can’t Take My Eyebrows

It Could Kill Me, Loving Men Like These

I had my first cancer epiphany before I knew for sure that I had cancer. I was on the Q…

But I’m Already Sick: Thoughts on Cancer Privilege and Bloody Poop

The Novel I’m Not Writing

There’s a 300-page novel manuscript sitting on my desk. To write it, I had to hitchhike across the country, walk…

Making a Cancer Patient

On Monday, August 15th my doctor told me that “realistically” I have lymphoma. I texted the Kitten and asked her to…