Living with cancer survivorship

Stories from people navigating cancer survivorship — diagnosis, treatment, caregiving, and the ordinary days in between.

4 stories

A folded scan report beside a grocery list and car keys on a kitchen counter.

Mind & Body

Her Cancer Scan Was Clear. Then Panic Began at the Grocery Store

Weeks after reassuring results, she left a full grocery cart and later fled a work meeting. Cancer treatment was over, but her fear had not ended.

Nadia Okafor · August 27, 2026 · 7 min

A printed PSA result beside retirement estimates and a paper road map on a kitchen table.

Mind & Body

Seven Years After Prostatectomy, His PSA Was 0.03

A detectable PSA result appeared before a holiday weekend, after seven years of reassuring tests. One number disrupted retirement plans, but it could not provide an immediate answer.

Nadia Okafor · 8 min read

A pill organizer and folded medication handout rest on a kitchen counter beside a glass of water.

Mind & Body

After Cancer, She Wanted the Next Choice to Be Hers

At 61, a breast cancer survivor with type 2 diabetes considered a GLP-1 while facing medication fatigue, side-effect fears and a body that no longer felt fully her own.

Nadia Okafor · 7 min read

A plain notebook and mug on a kitchen table near a window during a Chicago winter.

Mind & Body

After the Lobectomy, Every Cough Sounded Like a Warning

A retired Chicago bus driver was cancer-free after lung surgery. Then a winter cold made him doubt every reassuring thing in his chart.

Nadia Okafor · 7 min read

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