Artist And Cancer Survivor Creates Sincere Empathy Cards
Emily McDowell is a greeting card designer and cancer survivor. In her own words: “The most difficult part of my illness (was) the loneliness and isolation I felt when many of my close friends and family members disappeared because they didn’t know what to say, or said the absolute wrong thing without realizing it.” In an effort to make things easier, she created these cards. Continue reading »
Russian Artist Created Family Protective Suits After The News About Children With Congenital Cancer
Krasnoyarsk artist Vasily Slonov presented protective suits for mother and embryo after the news about infants with cancer in the region. Three such cases were recorded in 2019. Continue reading »
Cancer Survivor Kristi Loyall Who Had Leg Amputated Now Takes Limb Everywhere
A young woman who was forced to have her right leg amputated below the knee following a cancer diagnosis now takes her detached limb on her adventures – and has even given it its own Instagram account. Continue reading »
Doctors Told Model With Jaw Cancer To Have An Abortion, So This Is What She Did
When Latvian-born Canadian model Elizaveta Bulokhova was 24 years old, she received both the best and worst news of her life: she was pregnant, but she also had cancer. Continue reading »
Dad Gets Matching Tattoo Of Son’s Cancer Scar For Solidarity
In 2015, Josh Marshall’s 8-year-old son Gabriel was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer called anaplastic astrocytoma (wiki), a malignant brain tumour. After undergoing surgery, most (but not all) of the tumour was removed and Gabe has been in stable condition for the past nine months. The surgery did leave a scar on Gabriel’s head which his father said was affecting his self-confidence. Continue reading »
After Going Through A Rough Year With Cancer, This Woman Takes Back Her Life By Doing This
If anyone needed a vacation, it was Megan Sullivan. After falling off a rock while climbing in Yosemite, she then was involved in a terrible car crash. Then, as if that wasn’t enough, she was diagnosed with skin cancer. Continue reading »
Cancer Patient Snaps Funny Photos With IV Pole To Bring Cheer To Others During Chemotherapy
Meet 21-year-old medical student Tessa Calder, who was recently diagnosed with metastatic medulloblastoma (tumour of the cerebellum).
The witty fourth-year medical student, from Australia, has been entertaining family, friends, and her fellow patients with a series of amusing photos, where she dresses up and poses with her newest friend — an IV pole. Here she is as Gandalf:
PHOTO: You shall not pass: Gandalf with her IV pole staff. (Supplied: Tessa Calder/ABC News)
It all started with a comment from her father. Continue reading »
Elegant Henna Tattoo Crowns Help Cancer Patients Cope With Their Hair Loss
The art and tradition of using all-natural paste from the henna plant to create temporary henna tattoos goes back to ancient Asian and Middle-Eastern history, but there’s one group that has taken this ancient art form and given it a new, modern purpose. Henna Heals is a community of henna artists based in Canada that creates beautiful flowering henna crown tattoos for women who have lost their hair to cancer and chemotherapy. Continue reading »
