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April 15, 1996, I woke up with so many emotions. I was excited because today was my last day of chemo, a day I had been looking forward to for two and a half years but I was also fearful. Would my cancer come back if I stopped chemo? My safety net was being taken… Continue reading End of Treatment

May 1st is St. Peregrine’s Feast Day, so I only find it fitting to share with you my story of St. Peregrine. I grew up Catholic with a mother who had an uncanny ability to know who the saints were and when their feast days were. I also grew up behind a Catholic Seminary and… Continue reading St. Peregrine – the Patron Saint of Cancer Patients

April 15th to many means Tax Day – to me it means End of Treatment. April 15, 1996, I received my last dose of chemotherapy; I walked out of the outpatient clinic knowing I had made it! I survived a 2.5-year battle with childhood leukemia. When I was diagnosed, I was told my treatment would… Continue reading End of Treatment – April 15, 1996

We all have special days in our lives, that are filled with memories and make us smile. February 28, 2009, is one of those days. It was the day I was going to shave my head for the first time for the St. Baldrick's Foundation. My parents drove to North Carolina to support me, and… Continue reading Bald is Beautiful

As a Recreational Therapist/Child Life Specialist, I often told my patients to write a Dear Cancer letter as a way to cope with their diagnosis. Oddly enough, I have never written one. A few months ago, Elephants and Tea asked people to write Dear Cancer letters for their magazine. I am someone who writes when… Continue reading Dear Cancer