While Sonya Keshwani was diagnosed with breast cancer at 29, she wasn’t prepared for how hair loss can affect so many women, including herself. “Women don’t have options that make them feel beautiful and confident during hair loss,” Keshwani said. “Things that are out there make you look like a cancer patient, and I wanted […]
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The message that kicked off Danny Glick’s connection to Twist Out Cancer involved him offering our founder, Jenna Benn Shersher, something rather unusual and personal: his blood. Danny and Jenna have known each other for roughly 15 years, but became close when they were both touched by cancer during the same time. “I’ve always loved
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By Jacqueline Carmody, LCPC, ATR-BC Receiving a cancer diagnosis is a life-altering experience. You are immediately forced to shift your current plans and deal with a new reality, all while coping with a flood of emotions such as fear, anxiety, depression, grief and worry. These feelings can be hard to express with words, which exacerbates
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Three weeks before Melissa Jacobus moved to Austin in 2019, she received her HR+ stage two breast cancer diagnosis. “The timing with the move was not ideal – but there is never a good time to find out you have cancer.” Being stage two, Jacobus had a high success rate. However, that doesn’t make the
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Sarah Tonkin didn’t realize the impact a simple email could bring. A GM Design Center employee, she received an email about the upcoming Brushes with Cancer program the Design Center was bringing in for its staff. It was a call for people to participate as artists and inspirations. Every Brushes with Cancer program matches up
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