My Melanoma Was Dismissed as an Inflamed Hair Follicle
As a young woman of color, I was seemingly the last person who would be struck by the potentially lethal skin cancer
As a young woman of color, I was seemingly the last person who would be struck by the potentially lethal skin cancer
I now own a yoga studio and help other cancer patients and survivors cope
My symptoms were ignored for more than a year despite having a personal and family history of cancer
Ignoraron mis síntomas durante más de un año a pesar de tener antecedentes personales y familiares de cáncer
People are often freaked out by the idea of ostomy bags, but I embrace mine
Grief is a big part of vision loss, but what’s been hardest for us are the stigmas about blindness
Focusing on self-care and self-love helped me rebuild my identity
Period poverty is a global crisis, and I’m doing what I can to help women access period products
Telling myself I can handle everything suddenly meant I couldn’t handle anything
Believing in myself was key to living a fulfilling life with epilepsy
It didn’t dawn on me until after my husband passed that what I’d been engaging in was art therapy
I had to go septic before doctors paid attention