Suleika

Cancer doesn’t just put your life on hold, said Ms. Jaouad, who was diagnosed with leukemia a year after she graduated from college. It’s not like you get to skip back a few months and pick up exactly where you left off. I wasn’t going to get my old life back. I was so excited for what lay … [Read more...] about Facing Cancer in Your ’20s by Suleika Jaouad

There is a dreadful routine to chemotherapy. My life has been synched to a chemotherapy calendar ever since my leukemia diagnosis last year. I have become an expert at predicting when side effects and symptoms will set in. It is a ghoulish monthly party, and the guests always arrive on time: nausea, … [Read more...] about Fighting Cancer and Myself by Suleika Jaouad