My scans are tomorrow, and in honor of whatever may come, I wanted to share something with you. This is the guide that I wish someone had handed me at the start of my experience with cancer. When I was first diagnosed, I didn’t know what to ask, what to prepare for, or how to let people help me.
If you’re going through this, I hope something here helps. If someone you love is going through this, scroll to the end, there’s a section for you, too.
I’m also opening up the chat for anyone else who may be going through something like this and wants to share what’s helping them live now, live fully.
Please pass this along to anyone who could use it ❤️. A pdf version is here.
Thank you to Bibi for inspiring me to do this, my sister for encouraging me, and Alexandra, MC, and my mom for sanity-checking.
A NOTE FROM ME
I write this recognizing that every cancer is different, every body is different, and every experience is different. I wanted to share a practical guide to things that helped me get through the worst of it (though I’m not quite done yet), along with random tidbits I wish I’d known going into it.