After attending two different cancer conferences in the span of a week, I share my thoughts and takeaways from each of them.
Category: Mental Health
My Mental Health: An Update
I take a good, hard look at my mental health and ask myself – Am I really doing my best?
July 11, 2019
A Look Back on 2018
As we begin a new year, I take a moment to reflect on what 2018 brought me in my testicular cancer awareness efforts, as well as my own journey.
January 7, 2019
Here We Grow by Paige Davis
After encountering cancer, mindfulness can be a powerful tool to help refocus and set yourself on a better path for healing – inside and out.
May 25, 2018
My Definition of Surviving – One Year Later
I always say I am surviving cancer. I will never say I survived cancer, because that seems too final. For me, it’s an ongoing process.
March 2, 2018
Progress with Prozac
Various adjustments to my antidepressants, which I started after cancer, finally paid off. I reflected how mental health is treated on a societal level.
February 21, 2018
Twelve Months Later
One year post chemo mark, I take time to reflect on how my healing progressed. It continues to be quite the journey, inside and out.
January 30, 2018
Looking for Clarity
After facing testicular cancer, I realized I was facing depression. I needed help but I couldn’t do it on my own so I asked my doctor for help.
December 21, 2017
ABSOT Turns One!
I began writing about my cancer experience one year ago. I’ve learned many different lessons since getting the ball rolling.
November 20, 2017
A Stranger Things Episode
The Anniversary Effect hits me hard on the night before one year anniversary of my testicular cancer surgery. Anxiety set in as I watched Stranger Things.
October 31, 2017
