Living with Illness
March 30, 2016 It’s like the sword of Damocles. Something, you never know what, that waits for you, you never know when, and especially, you never know for how long. I always believed I was in [...]
Diagnosis or a Bad Dream?
June 11, 2015 By: Vicky Gauthier I met my thoracic surgeon (December 26th, 2011) and it did not go very well. This small little woman is stern looking and has a strict hairstyle. She was very [...]
Knitting Circles Around Cancer
January 15, 2015 By: Vanessa Laven My fingers flew as I rushed to finish knitting a hat. The winter white yarn, smooth with a hint of sparkle was just the perfect shade to create a warm, cozy [...]
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
January 13, 2015 By: Soraya Liu At last, the moment has finally come for me to sit myself down, and to think over what I’ve been through in the past year. It’s a long debriefing [...]
Small Steps
November 13, 2014 By: Noémie Robidoux A little over a year ago, I was just finishing my chemotherapy treatments and was about to undertake the longest journey of my life. At the hospital, we are [...]
A Teenage Boy and His Parents Walk Into a Sperm Bank
October 30, 2014 By: Benjamin Rubenstein I have become desensitized to the annual ritual where my dad hands me an envelope he’s received in the mail addressed to me and that has no return [...]
The Last Dementor Attack
October 28, 2014 By: Rachel Turner I can’t tell you how good it felt to do what will hopefully be my last chemo. Well I can. It was amazing. To think that it was the last one was a really great [...]
