Life, Interrupted: Facing Cancer in Your 20s

Suleika Jaouad, a writer and recent college graduate, is chronicling her experiences as a young adult with cancer in a new weekly column.

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All the Best to Her

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[Naomi Lebsekal]

Much love to her and her family.

[Mulatto Mann]

And here I am bitching about failing a damn exam... God speed to you brave one.

[bzylizzy]

agreed...

[bzylizzy]

Stunning girl, cancer couldnt take away her looks, (even with her head shaved) good luck to her and thanks for sharing...

[Marco Aslan]

McDonalds advertisement right before this video. Isn’t life funny? :/

[vaccinescause autism]

big pharmas give you this diseae, these mother fuckers give my son autism through vaccines. people need to wake up, cancer don't kill your, the treament of cancer kill you. the big pharmas want your money and your life, that is the fact, find out yourself.

[bornbillsmith]

There is no cure for love and there is no cure for cancer.

It's ongoing battle that you will not win but if you fight you won't be defeated either.

[bornbillsmith]

Don't put your life on hold.

My brother lived 6 years after being diagnosed.

For most of that time he held a job(he needed the insurance) but because he was weak he was unable to do little else when he came home.

He should have conserved his energy and did things that made him happy.

Live every day as it could be your last

Don't let the cancer stop you from enjoying life..

[bornbillsmith]

one for your sake.

You will need their help and if they don't know hen they can't help[.

two for their sake.

You might think you are a burden now and you are but just imagine how they will feel after you are dead and they know or at least believe they could have helped even more.

Do not take this lightly.

My mother was unable to cope after my brother died and while I think he was trying to protect her in the end it actually hurt her.

[bornbillsmith]

We all die and the fact you have cancer only means you will die at a young age but while I haven't had cancer my brother died of brain cancer and I have some words of advice.

My brother kept everything ro himself.

He even told his doctor not to tell me or my mother what was happenning and this was even after he was told the chemo wasn't working.

You have to let the people who are close to you know what you are going thru.

For tweo reasons.

[cosmogirlteri]

She should be a lesson to all of us who worry about useless staff and stupid people. Wish her all the best to her and to all of the people in this world who try to survive this sickness.