breast cancer
I Don’t Need Motivational Signs to Get Through Cancer Treatment
They're unnerving, like I'm being gaslit.
Episode 8: One of the Weirdest Parts of Cancer is Getting Used to My New Breast
I don't know what passes for normal anymore.
This is How Cancer Can Ruin You Financially
It happened to me. Now I try and stop it from happening to other people.
My Breast Implants Could Give Me Cancer
Textured implants like mine are causing lymphoma in the surrounding scar tissue.
Digital Imaging and AI Mean Fewer Surgeries for Breast Cancer Patients
Advances in medical imaging, coupled with artificial intelligence, may obviate the need for additional surgeries.
Episode 6: Everything I've Had But Couldn't Keep
The videos about surgery's side effects were kind of ridiculous: animated, with a narrator that sounds like a robot.
Episode 5: I Look Like Sad Cancer Lady
For the first time in awhile, I feel really fucking sad. Then I feel ashamed because everyone keeps telling me what a good attitude I have.
What It's Like to Get a Mastectomy as a Young Woman
We spoke to five women under 35 who have undergone mastectomies about their recovery from breast cancer.
Episode 4: The Five-Month Chemo Countdown Begins
It's just hair, but it's not. It's youth, femininity, vitality. It's gone. It's a fucking loss.