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Cancer is growth that I never wanted: the podcast!
Joined January 2018
Now entering CANCERVILLE. Official Thread of the ThanksCancer welcome wagon!. ❤️🩹🔥☠️🔥☠️🔥☠️🔥❤️🩹.
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Cancer patients don’t “lose” the “battle”. Cancer treatments fail. Modern medicine fails. People do not.
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In 2023, may all your scans be clear and all your tumors benign. ✨🙏✨.
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Libby, you deserved better. I cry inside every time a muggle says we’ve “made so much progress.”. Progress means fuckall when Libby cannot see Violet grow up.
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Well shit — it’s always cancer, isn’t it?. My best to our royal carcinomie ❤️🩹.
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When I joined Twitter in 2017, I dreamed of a cancer community, a web big enough to catch the newbies so they wouldn’t have to fall thru the cracks. Thank you for being here — thank you for sharing your stories and your compassion. Cancer Twitter is more than I ever expected.❤️🩹.
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I got news yesterday that a cancerfriend died. She was diagnosed at the same time as me. Same type of breast cancer. Same treatments. Recurred and lived with metastatic for 3 years. Cancer makes no sense. RIP Sarah K-Des. You deserved better than you got. 💔💔💔.
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If you’re reading this, it means I have died. But do not cry for me. I have lived my life on my own terms, the way I have wanted to. I joined X because I needed an outlet, what I got was so much more. You made me feel validated in my feelings and much less alone. Thank you ❤️.
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“No Evidence of Disease” means you are now haunted by cancer’s ghost.
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Surviving cancer is 50% treatment, 10% “healthy living,” and 40% pure goddamn luck. Diagnosis a few months later, and I would likely be DEAD. I think about this a lot.
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Taking a twitter break. If you are so inclined, search ThanksCancer while I'm away and retweet/like our people who are reaching out. Be well <3.
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Cancer is 10% panic and 90% waiting on information to know if you need to panic.
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A lot of muggles are confused about “preventative chemo” for Princess Kate Middleton. With cancer, it’s important to poison all your cells as an intimidation technique: that way each cell knows the penalty for stepping out of line. Hope this helps!.
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Cancer muggle protip: If a cancer patient is opening up to you about emotions, do not shut them down. I got a lot of “don’t say that” or “don’t talk like that.”. Just fucking listen.
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Dear Medical Oncologists:. You are not allowed to say chemo is easy unless you’ve had chemotherapy. Benignly,.ThanksCancer.
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I miss his voice already. Tell me if you have a favorite tweet from @CancerCanuck — and here are some of mine.
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All the “It’s just hair” people need to shave their goddamn heads.
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I don’t like the “cancer patient so brave” rhetoric because it puts unnecessary pressure on the cancer patients who do not feel brave or strong or whatever. Instead of “You’re so brave” muggles could say “You must be freaked the fuck out, and I admire you for doing it anyway.”.
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Every cancer patient is an actress: I acted like I was ok ALL THE TIME!. #damemaggie #RIPMaggieSmith
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Until we know why some breast cancer patients are “cured” after treatment, and some breast cancer patients recur with metastatic and fucking *die*, I remain unimpressed with “cancer advancements”.
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Four years ago, @CancerMermaid found me because we were both up in the middle of the night screaming into the void about cancer. Today we met. #Cancerfriends
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Donctor confirmed I am still as negative as ever 😅🤣. Scanxiety is best shared ❤️🩹.
Blood draw room feet — I’m not alone — I have a few thousand carcinomies here with me. 🥰
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Cancer treatment would be much more satisfying if we could hear the cancer cells screaming.
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Work friend diagnosed with colon cancer last thanksgiving and died last night. Cancer is a motherfucker.
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Dear Cancer Muggles,. “I know someone who died of your exact cancer!” is not the fun bonding experience you want it to be. Benignly,.ThanksCancer.
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Cancer survival isn’t about who “did it right” — cancer survival is about who is lucky.
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In the cancer world, we don’t say “good luck with scans” — we say “may you remain unremarkable” and I think that is beautiful.
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Getting cancer and surviving cancer is 10% “the actions you take” and 90% “pure goddam luck.”.
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Cancer once should give you immunity to any future cancer.
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Everyone says “be positive” and “keep going” and “don’t give up”. But it is ok to give up for a little while. It is ok to lay in bed and cry and rage and wallow in hopelessness sometimes. And then try again tomorrow or next Tuesday.
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I’m off social media for awhile — I’m sure I’ll be back eventually. Be well. ❤️🩹.
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Cancer protip: recovery (from surgery/chemo/radiation will always take longer than you expect. And psychological recovery takes the longest.
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Calling cancer patients are “brave” and “strong” is just low-key admitting that you have no fucking idea what’s going on inside.
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Dear Surgical Oncologists,. Do you stab the tumor some more after you remove it?. Could you please?. Benignly,.ThanksCancer.
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From now on, no one in our ThanksCancer community is allowed to die. Thank you for your cooperation.
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People disappear when you get cancer: YOU ARE BETTER OFF WITHOUT THEM.
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Cancer IS funny. If we can’t laugh at the utter ridiculousness of those breast MRIs, what are we even doing?
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Dear cancer muggles,. Why must you tell me about everyone you’ve ever known who has died of cancer? How could that possibly make me feel better?. Benignly,.ThanksCancer.
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When people say “I’ll pray for you” I say “thank you”, and imagine this:
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Stages of processing a cancer diagnosis:. 🦀 What the fuck?.🦀 How the fuck?.🦀 Why the fuck?.🦀 Fuck.
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Cancer gave me a high tolerance for dealing with necessary bullshit (like cancer treatment) and a low tolerance for dealing with *unnecessary* bullshit (like other people’s opinions).
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The most serious use of my cancer card: I finally got all my brothers and sisters to take a family picture together.
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If you want to know how to treat cancer, ask an oncologist. If you want to know what cancer treatment is like, ask a patient.
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You know how some people get cancer and never talk about it and don’t want to think about it and retreat to heal like a wounded animal?. I am the exact opposite of that. My cancer is EVERYBODY’S problem.
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Without modern medicine, I would be dead. I think about that a lot.
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Dear Cancer Muggles,. Do not say “I know what you are going thru.”. You do NOT — and I am so glad you don’t. Benignly,.ThanksCancer.
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As a stage III cancer survivor, I do NOT want money dedicated to stage III research: I want money going towards metastatic cancer so if I am the 1-in-3 that recur, we have better treatments available. #stageIVneedsmore.
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After cancer, you can no longer ignore your body’s check engine light.
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Cancer protip: Don’t put any pressure on yourself to behave a certain way. You don’t have to be *brave* or *strong* — you don’t have to manage everyone else’s emotions. You only have to keep on keeping on, however you can.
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Thinking about everyone who during cancer treatment lost friends or boyfriends or girlfriends or even family. I lost a lot of relationships thru treatment— and I’ve decided that:. Cancer doesn’t kill any relationships that deserve to live.
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Dear Cancer Muggles,. Never say “if I had cancer, I would / wouldn’t….”. You don’t know — you don’t know how you’d react until you have an oncologist giving you a diagnosis. Benignly,.ThanksCancer . PS— You can say “I think” or “I might” if a cancer patient asks for input.
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Side effects of a cancer diagnosis include anxiety, depression, and not being able to shut up about cancer.
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Cancer patients should all have unlimited access to cannabis. It helps with nausea and neuropathy, sure, but also no one should have to go through cancer sober.
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They say “don’t make any decisions right after a traumatic event” — except immediately after a cancer diagnosis when you have to make a dozen.
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I love this community. Thank you for talking to me. Thank you for talking to each other. And thank you for being a light in the social media darkness.
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A chemotherapy sommelier who comes to your chemo chair with a tray of just the blandest snacks: “I see you’re on the taxol which pairs well with this plain white rice. Next course is the red Devil which has an oaky aftertaste, so you should try this unseasoned shredded chicken.”.
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The greatest thing about the cancer community is seeing how many people truly just want to help complete fucking strangers.
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You can only say something is “worse than cancer” if you have had cancer. That’s our word.
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⚠️ Warning: other people will be fucking weird about your cancer diagnosis. ⚠️.
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After a cancer diagnosis, nothing else seems all that scary. 🎃 👻 🌕.
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Cancer doesn’t just happen to the person *with* cancer — it happens to everyone around you too.
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Dear Cancer Hospitals,. Parking should be free. Benignly,.ThanksCancer.
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The most cancer muggle thing that cancer muggles do is tell a cancer patient how to *prevent* cancer. Like, I already have it, so prevention methods don’t really help.
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Cancer protip: healing takes so SO much longer than you think it will.
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Cancer Survivorship is not about one day out of the year: it’s about each and every day for a lifetime.
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Leading scientists have discovered that the best diet during cancer treatment is whatever the fuck you want. The second best diet is whatever the fuck you can keep down.
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Your diet did not cause your cancer. … unless you are eating motherfucking cancer, and then I don’t know what to tell you.
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As the reigning cancer authority, I’m granting a special dispensation for all my cancery peeps to feel however you feel this holiday. You don’t have to be holly or merry or grateful— you just have to take the next breath and the next step and be here with us. ❤️🩹❤️🩹.
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You never know how strong you are until you get cancer. … and then everyone tells you how strong you are!.
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Psychological recovery from cancer takes twice as long as physical recovery. … maybe four times.
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Cancer Protip: Find a cancerfriend, because no one else understands the awful ridiculousness from the inside.
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Dying of cancer isn’t brave or inspirational— it’s a fucking tragedy.
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Went to a memorial yesterday for Sarah, a local cancerfriend. She had the same diagnosis and the same treatment at the same time as me. I am NED and she is dead. Cancer makes no sense.
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One of the biggest risks for cancer is having already had cancer. That is some bullshit.
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Cancer patients helping cancer patients that are complete fucking strangers 🥹🥹 it makes me think that human beings are good and the world is going to be ok.
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Supporting a cancer patient is not about the “one big gesture” — it’s about the little things on a regular basis. Don’t “run a 5k in their honor” once a year — text them once a week or bring them dinner once a month.
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You can do everything right and still get cancer.
What’s the harshest truth you’ve learnt?.
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Saw a post today about “how much have you raised for cancer?” and it rubbed me the wrong way. You are not obligated to raise money for cancer or pay it forward or play a role for anyone else.
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Sincerely, how can cancer patients “minimize stress” while they are going through surgery, chemo, radiation, immunotherapy, medications, side effucks, managing appointments, body changes, etc?.
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Cancer patients don’t have a New Year: they have a New Deductible.
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Dear Cancer Muggles,. We never say “lost the battle with cancer” because we refuse to call cancer a winner, not even by implication. Benignly,.ThanksCancer.
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Cancer patients could give seminars on “How to deal with absolute bullshit.”. … but we usually won’t because fatigue.
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The only thing worse than chemo is not being able to get chemo.
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How do I support current patients without scaring the newbies?. How do I celebrate the wins without alienating our metastatic community?. How can I make people laugh without offending others?. Fuck if I know. I listen— I amplify the voices of others. I do the best I can.
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Muggles will say “you’ve got this” and “think positive” and “don’t be scared.”. I say be scared. Cancer is scary.
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I may not *look* like a million bucks, but that’s how much it cost to keep me alive, so….
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“They” are not hiding the “cure” for cancer. Do you think Steve Jobs would have died if there was a secret hidden cure?.
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The problem with cancer is that you eat healthy and exercise and take care of yourself for 33 years, and then your cells decide to kill you. Like I don’t even know what you want anymore, body.
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