Columns

August 10, 2018August 9, 2018

Hope Matters As I Celebrate My 10-Year ‘Diagnosiversary’

Columns, Things That Give Me Hope - a Column by Bob McEachern

Last January, I celebrated my 10-year “diagnosiversary.” I received a diagnosis of follicular lymphoma, a slow-growing, but incurable blood cancer on Jan. 15, 2008. My diagnosiversary is always a celebration. ... Read more

July 23, 2018July 19, 2018

How Cancer Made Me a More Conscious Consumer

Columns, Life After Lymphoma: A Young Warrior's Guide to Recovery - a Column by Michelle Raphaella Fredman

One of the biggest changes that came out of cancer for me was learning how to look after my health, mainly by becoming more conscious of what I consume. I ... Read more

July 16, 2018July 13, 2018

How Solitude Can Help Us Survive the Storm

Columns, Life After Lymphoma: A Young Warrior's Guide to Recovery - a Column by Michelle Raphaella Fredman

The rain was falling hard and fast outside the wooden cabin where I was staying. Six months of exhaustion seemed to have finally hit me now that I’d finally slowed ... Read more

July 9, 2018July 5, 2018

Dealing with Sickness in the Midst of Sickness

Columns, Life After Lymphoma: A Young Warrior's Guide to Recovery - a Column by Michelle Raphaella Fredman

So far, most of my columns have been pretty upbeat, although centered around a pretty heavy topic. This week, I’m getting a bit more personal and exploring an illness facet ... Read more

July 2, 2018June 28, 2018

Don’t Let Lymphoma Stop You From Living

Columns, Life After Lymphoma: A Young Warrior's Guide to Recovery - a Column by Michelle Raphaella Fredman

For many of us, being diagnosed with cancer means putting much of our lives on pause. Although some are able to continue studying or working throughout treatment, many of us ... Read more

June 25, 2018June 21, 2018

Finding Myself Through Losing My Hair

Columns, Life After Lymphoma: A Young Warrior's Guide to Recovery - a Column by Michelle Raphaella Fredman

We all know that going through cancer can bring about huge internal changes. It is these changes, predominantly metaphysical, that I tend to focus on in my writing. I talk ... Read more

June 21, 2018June 20, 2018

A Farewell to My Lymphoma News Today Column

Columns, Overcoming Adversity- a Column by Radiant Racheli

Even the most amazing things must come to an end. After enjoying this past year and a half of sharing my experience with lymphoma on this platform, I have decided ... Read more

June 18, 2018June 15, 2018

How Speaking Our Truth Can Help Us Heal

Columns, Life After Lymphoma: A Young Warrior's Guide to Recovery - a Column by Michelle Raphaella Fredman

It’s been exactly two years since I finished chemo. Two and a half years since my diagnosis. And in that time my hair has grown, I’ve graduated from university, traveled ... Read more

June 11, 2018June 7, 2018

This Is Why I’m Grateful for Cancer

Columns, Life After Lymphoma: A Young Warrior's Guide to Recovery - a Column by Michelle Raphaella Fredman

We all hear the words “grateful” and “cancer” regularly enough, but it’s not often that we see them together in the same sentence. In fact, it is rare that mainstream ... Read more

June 4, 2018June 1, 2018

Upon Hearing Those 3 Words: ‘You Have Cancer’

Columns, Life After Lymphoma: A Young Warrior's Guide to Recovery - a Column by Michelle Raphaella Fredman

It was Monday morning. The sun was shining and life was good. It was the start of what I’d assumed was going to be my best summer yet. I was ... Read more