Arriving with the Weight of Cancer It is 10 a.m. on a chilly Saturday in Nairobi, Kenya. Young people quietly fill a small field.
When I was diagnosed with breast cancer, the news was devastating. I had never experienced such shock, fear, and hopelessness in my life.
Growing up, my world was painted in shades of curiosity and vulnerability. As a child, I often wandered through the kaleidoscope of life, eager to explore all its nooks and crannies. But the most̷...
“Steve, your biopsy is out—you have osteosarcoma.” Those words still echo in my mind every single day. That moment changed everything. I remember the shock, the fear, the overwhelming uncertaint...
In the world of bladder cancer survivors, I had the thing we all fear the most—a recurrence. I was seven years post-successful immunotherapy treatment and there it was: another tumor, followed by...
When I heard the words, “You have cancer,” my world stopped. I felt numb—overwhelmed by an avalanche of thoughts I couldn’t process. I’m going to die, I kept thinking. My mind spiraled to my...