Stories from Cancer Thrivers
We’re the patient, the survivor, the terminal and the loved one. Sharing our stories and experience with cancer helped us cope during and after treatment. Connect with any of us in the War On Cancer app.
Dahlia-Adel Matakovic
Dahlia, based in Australia, diagnosed with bowel cancer at the age of 27.
@dahlia
Sara Snood Cutting
Sara, based in the UK, all-round wearer of crazy headgear and breast cancer survivor.
@fizzysnodd
Kristin Kaspersen
A loved one affected by breast cancer, skeleton cancer, neuroendocrine cancer and pancreatic cancer.
@kaspersen
Tammy Salmone
Tammy, based in the US, a cancer exercise specialist and breast cancer survivor.
@tammy
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Cancer Treatment, Complications, and Getting Back Up
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A Cancer Diagnosis and Learning Vulnerability
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Experiencing Cancer as a Personal Trainer
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Beyond Resilience – Growing from Cancer Trauma
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Putting Vulnerability to the Test: How Two Dates Went with Cancer
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Perspective is Everything
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Grateful to be Alive
? This is me ? Pin pricked, vibrant, sun kissed, totally...
Celebrating Finishing Chemo
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Shining the Diamond of My Soul
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Dear Olivia December 2019
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1. Fight cancer 2. Lose my hair 3. Beat cancer
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Cancer taught me this
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Before I had cancer
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From cancer relapse to cancer thriving
From cancer relapse to cancer thrivingJust when I thought...
Single mum of 4 kids and then cancer
Where it all began…I was a single mum of 4 kids and then...
Oncology Pharmacist to Cancer Patient
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What They Should’ve Told Me About Cancer
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Becoming a Mom After Cancer
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A tumor on my ovary – from Bride to Cancer
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Cancer Depression Hits Hard
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Sex & Cancer Treatment
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During my cancer treatment
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My Cancer Story & Breast Cancer Diagnosis
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My bone marrow biopsy
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Found a lump in my breast
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My oncologist said it was leukemia
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Life of a normal teen before my cancer diagnosis
Before my cancer diagnosis, I was a normal teenager. A...
Starting the cancer healing process
Starting the healing process! When the call came that I...
The PERFECT match out of millions
The PERFECT match out of millions When the call came that...
“Am I going to lose my hair?”
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From Misdiagnosed to One-in-A-Million
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The day of my diagnosis – bowel cancer
My surgeon told me the day of my diagnosis (bowel cancer)...
27 years old and diagnosed with bowel cancer
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Finding Mr. Right for My Left Leg (aka my surgeon)
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How Cancer Catapulted My Spiritual Consciousness
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The next steps – bowel cancer
The next steps - bowel cancer. After recovering from...
Dealing with grieving parents
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I found a lump in my breast – now what?
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Coping with anxiety and a loss of drive
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I made it through chemotherapy!
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How to tell your child about cancer?
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First round of chemotherapy
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Newly diagnosed, what just happened? Leukemia
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Time for the BIG CHOP!!
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“What do you tell the kids?”
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Feel Yourself Up – breast cancer
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Life after cancer treatment
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Sayin tata to my tatas – breast cancer
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Like Mother Like Daughter
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Breast Cancer Survivor – the diagnosis
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Find Your Tribe!
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Podcast, Passion, Purpose
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Diagnosed with leukemia
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8th birthday and chemotherapy
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To the emergency room
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First days with cancer
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“Fortsätta eller lägga ner?”
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“Bara lite ont i magen…”
De där veckorna i april 2008. En magvärk som kom och gick....
Some of my adventures
Summit of Mt Kilimanjaro 2016 Skiing to the South Pole...
Life is an adventure!
After the surgery, I was really depressed. My Paralympic...
Should I give up my dream?
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Competing everywhere in the world
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Competing with the best
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My way back after cancer
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The surgery was a success!
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When chemo didn’t work for me
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In a chemo haze
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Cancer nights at Karolinska Institutet
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I miss her!
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