Cancer

When I was eight years old one of my father's sisters was dying of colon cancer. The cancer was too far along for my aunt to be cured. At only eight years o...

A dreaded word A final sentence a dark horse Sprung nowhere Never expected Never wanted Debilitating Saddening End in sight But still unclear What m...

Many of my nights are spent drinking at home. I cannot seem to find happiness. All I really want is to be alone.... kind of... Literally one year ago, I star...

Last week I was diagnosed with a tumor growing on my stomach... I don't know how to feel about that. The surgeon says it is still small, easily accessible, do...

I have a headache. It’s painful and itchy, and it’s driving me mad. I want it go away, to leave and never return but it’s all I know now. Since that ten-...

What would I have done differently if I knew what was going to happen to the only fatherly figure in my life who truly cared for me? What if I knew he was going...

I was the kind of boy who was very lazy and interested in sleeping all the time. Now I'm 21 years old and found my interests and wants to do something in my lif...

I am 32 years old and fought (and won so far!) breast cancer last year. I am currently in menopause and don't have much sexual desire anymore. I have a child, s...

Something I needed to write. I haven’t felt this way in so many years. The need to get words down, to write it on paper, to know this needs to be said. In...

When I was 15, I was found to have the early stages of ovarian cancer. I had my ovaries removed as a result and today I am 18. I am having the same pain I had w...