A ‘Being Childfree’ guest post
“There seems to be no shame in asking people if they have children, and even asking why they donβt have children, but oddly, there seems to be a taboo in me responding to the question with βI have terminal…
Author: Emma
4 years ago today
4 years ago today, a 35-year-old version of me, with beautiful long hair and all the energy in the world, sat in a room and listened as a friendly surgeon and a kind nurse told her she had breast cancer….
Treatment, scans and a lack of advocacy for Stage IV cancer
View this post on Instagram A post shared by πΌπ | ππ πΎπ π€π (@ohgoshem) on Jun 18, 2020 at 4:09am PDT It’s treatment AND scan day today. So many friends have commented that it’s come round quick. And it has….
Tips for surviving social self isolation from a cancer thriver
I’ve been seeing so many posts about people freaking out about having to socially self isolate, and I’m sure people have lots of valid reasons to be scared, but for a lot of us on here with cancer, isolating ourselves…
The sadness in saying goodbye to friends. Regularly.
Right now I’m sad. I’m sad and I’m angry. I’m sick and tired of my friends dying and the world not giving a shit. Metastatic breast cancer is the biggest killer of women under 50 and people I know, personally…