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You make many different kinds of friends in your life. Childhood friends. School friends. Work friends. Mom friends. Fantasy football friends. But there’s one type of friend I never thought I would make: Cancer Friends.
When I was diagnosed with breast cancer in April 2023, I felt alone. The stories we hear about breast cancer aren’t mid-30s women in the prime of their careers raising young kids. An impossible situation was even more overwhelming without people to guide me.
Enter “Cancer Friends” - the people who come into your life (or were already there) who share their experience of facing cancer and support you through yours. I found mine through my doctors, on Reddit, and in cancer support programs, yes. But I also found them where I never expected to: in my neighborhood, in my yoga class, at my office, and among my friends.
When I think about my Cancer Friends, I am grateful for the support, wisdom, and humor they brought to a very dark moment. But I am also ANGRY. I am angry that so many brilliant people qualify to be - and need - Cancer Friends!
On October 26, I will join my Cancer Friend, Linda, to walk in support of the American Cancer Society. I walk in hopes that you and your loved ones will never need - or be - a Cancer Friend. And in gratitude for the community of support that has surrounded me through my cancer treatment.
Will you support us? The funds we raise will sustain critical research and provide services for people trying to cope with their breast cancer experience. Please donate today.
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You make many different kinds of friends in your life. Childhood friends. School friends. Work friends. Mom friends. Fantasy football friends. But there’s one type of friend I never thought I would make: Cancer Friends.
When I was diagnosed with breast cancer in April 2023, I felt alone. The stories we hear about breast cancer aren’t mid-30s women in the prime of their careers raising young kids. An impossible situation was even more overwhelming without people to guide me.
Enter “Cancer Friends” - the people who come into your life (or were already there) who share their experience of facing cancer and support you through yours. I found mine through my doctors, on Reddit, and in cancer support programs, yes. But I also found them where I never expected to: in my neighborhood, in my yoga class, at my office, and among my friends.
When I think about my Cancer Friends, I am grateful for the support, wisdom, and humor they brought to a very dark moment. But I am also ANGRY. I am angry that so many brilliant people qualify to be - and need - Cancer Friends!
On October 26, I will join my Cancer Friend, Linda, to walk in support of the American Cancer Society. I walk in hopes that you and your loved ones will never need - or be - a Cancer Friend. And in gratitude for the community of support that has surrounded me through my cancer treatment.
Will you support us? The funds we raise will sustain critical research and provide services for people trying to cope with their breast cancer experience. Please donate today.
Your support allows the American Cancer Society to continue:
Advocacy
Fighting breast cancer in city halls, statehouses, and Congress by elevating the patient voice to advance policy change through the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN)
Patient Support
Ensuring no one feels alone at any point on their breast cancer journey, from prevention to survivorship, and, for some, the end of life.
Discovery
Investing in breakthrough science to find more - and better - treatments, uncover factors that may cause breast cancer, and improve patients' quality of life.
Health Equity
Ensuring that all people have a fair and just opportunity to prevent, find, treat, and survive breast cancer. ACS and ACS CAN believe all people should have a fair and just opportunity to live a longer, healthier life free from cancer regardless of how much money they make, the color of their skin, their sexual orientation, gender identity, their disability status, or where they live.
