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Cancer Tips, Information, & More
”5 Things a Hospice Nurse Wants You to Know About Hospice Care” on Everyday Health — January 2024
”What Is an Oncogeneralist?” on Everyday Health — December 2023
”Spotlight On: Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered (FORCE)” on Everyday Health — November 2023
”Spotlight On: STAAR Ovarian Cancer Foundation” on Everyday Health — September 2023
Body Image After Cancer Series on Everyday Health
• “Body Image After Ovarian Cancer: Facing Multiple Recurrences Taught One Woman to Appreciate Her Changing Body” — January 2024
• ”Body Image After Breast Cancer: How One Woman Deals With Nipple Loss From a Mastectomy” — June 2023
• ”Body Image After Cancer: Expert Tips for Dealing With Insecurities During and After Treatment” — June 2023
• ”Body Image After Breast Cancer: Coping With Asymmetry After Reconstruction” — May 2023
”This Colorectal Cancer Survivor Is Raising Awareness About the Disease on Instagram — and Making Ostomy Bags Look Sexy” on Everyday Health — June 2023
”7 of the Best Cancer Support Organizations for Black Women” on Everyday Health — February 2023
”What Netflix’s ‘Dead to Me’ Got Right About Cancer” on Medium — December 2022
”How to Handle the Holidays When You’re in Cancer Treatment” on Everyday Health — December 2022
”Holiday Gift Guide: 7 Gifts That Give Back to Cancer Charities” on Medium — December 2022
”7 Things to Read, Watch, and Listen to About Breast Cancer” on Everyday Health — December 2022
”Spotlight On: For the Breast of Us” on Everyday Health — October 2022
”7 Need-to-Know Things About Low-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer” on Everyday Health — September 2022
”6 Things to Read, Watch, and Listen to About Ovarian Cancer” on Everyday Health — September 2022
”The Best Post-Mastectomy Bras From Under-the-Radar Brands You Might Not Know About — but Should” on Everyday Health — July 2022
”How to Prep Your Home for After Breast Surgery” on Everyday Health — July 2022
”How to Deal With Losing Your Hair from Chemo” on Medium — July 2022
”Cancer Survivor-Approved, Helpful Hair Products and Accessories to Use During and After Chemo” on Everyday Health — May 2022
”How 3 Different Women Handled Hair Loss From Chemo” on Everyday Health — February 2022
”Two Days Before My Ovarian Cancer Surgery, I Found Out I’d Need to Have a Prophylactic Double Mastectomy, Too” on Medium — November 2021
”I Had Ovarian Cancer, Was Single, and Living by Myself. But Going Through Treatment I Was Never Alone” in The Washington Post — May 2021
”The Emotional Impact of Losing Your Hair After Cancer Treatment”: A six-part series on Allure.com — December 2020
”How I’m Managing My Cancer Care During the Coronavirus Pandemic” on SELF.com — April 2020
”Resources to Help Cancer Patients and Survivors Navigate COVID-19” on Medium — March 2020
”14 of the Best Gifts I Received During Cancer Treatment” on SELF.com — February 2020
”Getting Cancer Finally Gave Me the Courage to Grow Out My Gray Hair” on Allure.com — January 2020
Health & Wellness
”Free Resources for Healthcare and Essential Workers During COVID-19” on Medium — April 2020
”12 Free Online Yoga and Fitness Classes You Can Do at Home Alone During the COVID-19 Outbreak” on Medium — March 2020
"Why Is It So Hard to Find a Good Gynecologist?" on VICE.com — November 2016
"How to Stop Being So Busy All the Time" on Seleni.org — November 2016
"Why Am I So Tired All the Time?" on Seleni.org and republished on Psychology Today — August 2016
"7 Ways You're Making Your Immune System Weaker" on Prevention.com — March 2016
Mental Health
”’New York Tough’ Isn’t Going to Get Us Through the Pandemic — Trust Me” on New York Post — October 2020
“What It's Like to Have Chronic Loneliness” on VICE.com and republished on VICE Indonesia in English & Indonesian — December 2016
Life
”Searching for Myself in Nashville” — on Medium February 2023