Breaking the Cancer Stereotype

When I tell people I have cancer, I normally get something like ‘but you don’t look sick” or “you can’t have cancer, you still have all your hair.” I normally just dismiss their ignorance and say thank you, but what I really want to say is…

Chemopause: Dealing with Early Age Menopause

Menopause. This is a word that often doesn’t exist in the vocabulary of women under 30 when they are describing their body. Sure, we know what menopause is but rarely is it a daily influence in our lives. So it is odd for a woman at the age of 29, to…

Fired Because of Cancer

By: Erin Havel

If you clicked on the title thinking, “Employers cannot fire employees due to illness, we…

I Wasn’t Depressed. I Had Cancer.

by: Erin Havel

Nine years ago my family went on a vacation to Disney World. I hadn’t visited Mickey Mouse since I was a kid so I was really excited to check out the changes to the park and see all the sites from an adult perspective…

When Mom Has Cancer: How My Son Gave Me the Strength to Survive

When I was first diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, the first words out of my mouth were, “What will happen to my son?”

Running for Her Person and Protector

She is her person. You know that one soul who understands you without any explanation? The…

Celebrating the Cancer Way

Before I was diagnosed with cancer I was planning a trip to New York, I wanted to go for New Years. I grew up watching the ball drop and I wanted to go see it in person. I know that it is crazy cold and there are people everywhere and you hear all the stories of people standing in…

The Truly Lasts Resilience

Throughout years, I was wondering how a body could feel such extreme tired for all the times. Often I felt jealous of those of my friends who likely had a tremendous amount of energy to do things they wanted to do. I never knew that such exhaustion was not normal, that was actually…

Peripheral Neuropathy: The Invisible Disability of Chemotherapy