His cancer had been caused not by smoking, but by HPV that had been lying dormant for decades.
hpv
gel manicures
Why is everything I love bad for me?
cancer
When I got my diagnosis, I didn’t think about feeling pretty, or (in the words of a male friend who tried his best one day to make me feel better) whether the treatment would give me a “free Brazilian.”
sports
Hair is kind of well, a thing. I enjoy having it on my head.
Daisy in
Beauty,
sports,
head shaving,
colts,
cheerleaders,
cancer,
chuckstrong,
i have chicken pox scars on my head so that is my excuse
Nov 28, 2012 at 12:00pm | 114 comments
healthy
When my mom was diagnosed in August of 2011, my family and I found a tremendous amount of material on beating this disease, but very little on living with it.
cancer
Messing with my hair is my own personal form of therapy. Some people binge eat; I cut my hair.
cancer
In late July, Avaric was diagnosed with brain cancer. Seeing the words “brain cancer” still shocks me, wears me thin.
cancer
Surgical menopause, friends running scared, and chemo nurses in Haz-Mat suits can only be faced with laughter and a positive attitude.
cats
Cats may be frustrating sometimes, they may be sassy, they may be determined to wreak havoc around the house, but one thing they won’t do, apparently, is increase your risk of cancer.
boyfriend
This isn't a cancer story, it's a love story.
cancer
Much like other diseases that many people mistakenly pass off as the end result of an individual's weak will in the face of overwhelming vice, lung cancer is often treated with an attitude that blames the sick, rather than treating them with the compassion they deserve.
breast cancer
Jaecks is a swimmer who wants to use the public pool and wants a reasonable accommodation. She's not asking for permission to perform a strip tease, shoot R-rated movies or wear a strap-on.
s.e. smith in
Issues,
breast cancer,
cancer,
it's just a body people deal with it,
mastectomy,
people get cancer,
swimming
Jun 22, 2012 at 6:00pm | 38 comments
cancer
I think I audibly heard my oncologist breathe a sigh of relief when I outwardly told him my health was more important than fertility. Based on his reaction, I don't think that happens often.
cancer
Cancer caused by HPV doesn't care if your a whore or not, and just wants your lady parts to kill you.
abortion
I've got a lot of faith in people, a lot of belief that others really are working toward what they think is right, even when it doesn't agree with my own views. But this has shaken that belief, in a really fundamental way.
Marianne in
Issues,
abortion,
breast cancer,
cancer,
i kind of despair for all of us,
planned parenthood,
why the hell is this still even being debated,
womens health
Feb 1, 2012 at 1:00pm | 0 comments
cancer
I had life-threatening cancer as a teenager. When a woman told me I was applicable for Make-A-Wish, I told her I wanted to meet Conan O'Brien.
cancer
By the time you read this, I may be in a hospital, being pumped full of toxic chemicals, or living out my last months in a beach hut in Jamaica.
