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Today I'd like to talk about some of the things that were a comfort to me during my cancer treatments. I will go through some of the categories that are particularly difficult for cancer patients and talk about what within them helped get me through.
July 7, 2017 | by Ashlinn Sarah Jane
Read moreMy school rallied together and made a banner wishing me all the best and fast healing. People whom I hadn’t even really built a friendship with stepped forward to wish me well. It was overwhelmingly heartwarming to say the least...until it all stopped.
June 29, 2017 | by Adriana Lombardo
Read moreI've come to realize that chemo would be so extremely different if I wasn't surrounded by the people who constantly make me smile and laugh.
June 29, 2017 | by Lindsey Finkelstein
Read moreAfter two years of cancer treatment, 20-year-old Adriana and her mom Emily have inspiring positivity, but it took trial, error and time to get here. They share their tips on the caregiver-patient relationship.
June 29, 2017 | by Larissa Cahute
Read moreA little over three years ago I ran a half marathon to raise funds for blood cancer. It was a particularly special event for me as the afternoon before my departure I was given the coordinates of my bone marrow donor.
June 19, 2017 | by Ashlinn Sarah Jane
Read moreDetermining when breast cancer has been truly beaten is not so simple, and it may depend on a variety of factors.
June 19, 2017 | by Georgia Gables
Read morePrior to my hip replacement surgery, I was told I had relapsed and would be needing a bone marrow transplant. My world had changed. I thought I was “free” from all treatment and that I would be able to move forward after my hip replacement.
June 2, 2017 | by Adriana Lombardo
Read moreI have never been so excited for an appointment as I was for this one. This appointment was going to determine whether or not all of my restrictions could get lifted – raised toilet seat, sitting on a wedge cushion, using a cane when I would go out, no bending, no twisting, the fear of sleeping in any other positon than my back...
May 26, 2017 | by Adriana Lombardo
Read moreDespite comments that I was 'too young' to have cancer -- which I clearly wasn't considering I was there, recovering from leukemia -- the women were all friendly and kind ...This was just a microcosm of society's general difficulty in dealing with sickness in youth.
May 24, 2017 | by Ashlinn Sarah Jane
Read moreWhen I was going through cancer treatment, I found that there were many little things I could do when cooking to reduce my side effects. These recipes have been created with cancer side-effects in mind.
May 17, 2017 | by Cook for Your LIFE
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