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Cancer is Only the Beginning

An acute myeloid leukemia survivor shares how he survived the cure and chose to live.

Advice for My Teenage Self

By Coping Magazine 23 Jun, 2017 CANCER, SURVIVOR ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA, BLOOD AND BONE MARROW CANCER, COPING WITH CANCER, LEUKEMIA

Seven things I would tell the girl diagnosed with cancer at age sixteen.

Sean Swarner — Defying the Odds

By Coping Magazine 04 Jun, 2017 CANCER, SURVIVOR CHILDHOOD AND YOUNG ADULT CANCER, COPING WITH CANCER, HODGKINS LYMPHOMA

For two-time cancer survivor Sean Swarner, nothing’s impossible. Not even the Explorers Grand Slam.

Talking Bladder Cancer with Marilu

By Coping Magazine 21 May, 2017 CANCER, CAREGIVER, SURVIVOR BLADDER CANCER, CELEBRITY INTERVIEWS, LUNG CANCER, RELATIONSHIPS, UROLOGICAL CANCER

Marilu Henner and her husband open up about his bladder cancer, her role as caregiver, and how to talk frankly about the disease.

Lessons That Cancer Taught Me

By Coping Magazine 21 May, 2017 CANCER, SURVIVOR CHILDHOOD AND YOUNG ADULT CANCER, MELANOMA, OSTEOSARCOMA, SARCOMA, SKIN CANCER

This year I celebrate a special anniversary – 20 years as a cancer survivor.

I’m Not Dead Yet

By Coping Magazine 07 May, 2017 CANCER, SURVIVOR COLON CANCER, COPING WITH CANCER, GASTROINTESTINAL

Katie Suss, who is 15 and has a nice voice and a long history of theatrical camps, said I needed a theme song and she had just the one for me: “I’m Not Dead Yet” from Spamalot.

The “Write” Way to Heal

By Coping Magazine 30 Apr, 2017 CANCER, HOW TO COPE - SURVIVOR, SURVIVOR COPING WITH CANCER, WRITING

Writing had always been at the helm, but this time it was healing me.

Kelly Tough

By Coping Magazine 28 Mar, 2017 CANCER, SURVIVOR CELEBRITY INTERVIEWS, ORAL HEAD NECK AND THYROID CANCER

Former Buffalo Bills quarterback Jim Kelly shares how he stayed “Kelly Tough” through two rounds with cancer.

When Life Gives You Cancer, Find the Celebration

By Coping Magazine 15 Mar, 2017 CANCER, SURVIVOR COPING WITH CANCER, MELANOMA, SKIN CANCER

Only 11 weeks after my dad was diagnosed with advanced colon cancer, I too became a member of the cancer club. I had melanoma.

After Cancer: Discovering the Life I Was Meant to Live

By Coping Magazine 13 Mar, 2017 CANCER, SURVIVOR BREAST CANCER, COPING WITH CANCER

Cancer is no longer the first thing that comes to my mind upon waking.

The Power of Acceptance

By Coping Magazine 19 Feb, 2017 CANCER, HOW TO COPE - SURVIVOR, SIDE EFFECTS, SURVIVOR INTIMACY, PROSTATE CANCER, RELATIONSHIPS, UROLOGICAL CANCER

Learning to accept my post-cancer impotence freed me to experience extraordinary intimacy, beyond anything I had even considered possible before cancer knocked on my door.