HeyJaredInner Monologue
Out here memoir-ing my way through cancer & other things. Mostly me processing life, through the modality of writing.
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Getting Cancer When Your Friends Become Moms (opens the original)
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This past summer, I stepped into a toy store to find a small gift for my best friend’s son. It would be our first time meeting. He was born two years earlier, but the miles between us and my cancer diagnosis kept pushing that day further away.A heartbreak in itself, really.As I walked around the store searching for the perfect gift, I felt my chest begin to tighten. I was on lap four around this small store and no closer to finding anything right. And not from lack of choices. The shelves were f
Beautifully Rare (opens the original)
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I don't remember the exact moment that Sydney Towle landed into my feed on social media. I don't know if it was a video about her ongoing cancer treatments or one of her "sydsips" videos, where she'd review a coffee shop she liked. What I do know is that it was before my own diagnosis with cancer at the age of thirty-two.The concept of following a person's life so intimately is something we have all grown rather used to. One second, we know nothing of a person and the next we are dropped off in
Who's Actually in the Room (Spoiler: Not Just You and Your Doctor) (opens the original)
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Who’s Actually in the RoomWhen I was first diagnosed with Stage III cancer at the age of thirty two, I truly had no idea that beyond fighting for my life, I would be fighting my way through a business and a system. Nothing prepared me for what would inevitably become a very stressful crash course in our healthcare system.I was never really taught how this whole thing works, or how the pieces work together. I assumed the money I put toward insurance would cover most of my needs. I had no idea how
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