June has proved to be a busy month—and it’s just getting started. There was a trip to Philadelphia right as the month began, then home in time for National Cancer Survivors Day and to launch the Buck Cancer collection with…
Scanxiety 2.0
A few years ago, I wrote a blog post about scanxiety. It was, and still is, one of my best-performing posts. I attribute this to the fact that whether or not someone is a cancer survivor, we’ve all experienced a…
Join Me At Digital CancerCon!
I’m so excited to announce that I am presenting an interactive panel on Tuesday, April 26 at 6 pm EST entitled, The Future of Caregiving: Millennials and the Caregiving Crisis, at Stupid Cancer’s annual virtual conference for the adolescent and…
Here’s Why I Finally Got a Primary Care Physician
We all know that as we get older, it becomes more important to take care of ourselves. And that care extends to finding the right doctors—which can often be a time-consuming and stressful process. So, it should come as no…
What Happens When The Caregiver Needs Care?
These last few weeks have been stressful on both the caregiving and entrepreneurial front. Aside from managing client work, I’ve been dealing with feelings of guilt on the caregiving side of things. If you follow me on Instagram, you may…
Why World Cancer Day is Important to Me as a Survivor
This past weekend marked World Cancer Day, a day to recognize the approximately 32 million survivors globally, send support to those who have lost loved ones to this disease, and a time to think about my own diagnosis ten years…
Have You Checked Your Thyroid?
This month is Thyroid Awareness Month, and I’m excited to partner with Paloma Health to gift one lucky winner an at-home thyroid test kit. I first learned about the online medical clinic that specializes in and treats hypothyroidism and Hashimoto’s…
Caregiving 2.0: One Year Later
Yesterday marked one year since I took my grandmother to the Emergency Room with severe back pain. I never imagined that trip to the ER would mark the last time she’d live in her condo of more than two decades….
How I Found the Silver Lining in a Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis
People are not usually thankful for a cancer diagnosis. It’s hard to think of something so disruptive and life-altering as a positive experience. But, as with most things in life, we are never totally in control. And a cancer diagnosis…
The September Agenda
We made it through Labor Day weekend, the Hampton Classic Horse Show is over, temperatures have slowly cooled, school buses have reemerged, and pumpkin pandemonium has begun. We are clearly in September! As much as I am not ready for…
Media Mentions: Advocacy in Action
While I may have taken some time off from blogging, I’ve remained active as a patient advocate and had many exciting opportunities to share my experience as a millennial thyroid cancer survivor and a caregiver to my 94-year-old-grandmother. Since my…
Caregiver Confessions: Cleaning Out My Grandmother’s Home
You know those stretches in life that are just insanely busy? You keep thinking that things are going to calm down “as soon as,” but as soon as never quite seems to come. That’s what I’ve been dealing with for…
