Looking for the perfect way to show cancer survivors you care? Explore these options, from advocacy opportunities to honoring cancerversaries. I never really thought of myself as a very strong person. That changed when I was diagnosed with cancer. I realized I was strong enough to handle anything thrown my way. Laurie – Cancer survivor […]

  Stepping into a [support] group for the first time is both brave and humble. It’s normal to feel anxiety about what to expect, but people are often surprised at how comfortable they feel even if they never saw themselves as a ‘support group’ kind of person. Hearing the stories of others who get it […]

  “To keep going is resilience in the face of something terrible going on,” says Courtney, pictured here. Writing, joking, TikToking and connecting helped Courtney get through the toughest moments of an advanced-stage melanoma diagnosis.   “If I wasn’t going to laugh, I was going to cry, and there was a better way for me to […]

“I wish we would talk about it more because you wouldn’t feel so alone going through it,” shares Jawanna, pictured here.  Photographer: Casey Templeton Multiple myeloma is the second most common blood cancer in the U.S., and Black and African American people develop MM at much greater rates and at younger ages than people of other […]