Guest Writer

Living as a cancer survivor has been a journey for both myself and my wife. It has entailed many events in our lives for the last sixteen years. I was diagnosed in 2010 with squamous cell cancer on a very odd place. My tonsils. This began a journey that to this day is still never over. I will explain that as we go. I was then subjected to both chemo therapy and radiation that took place at the same time. There were many moments that I felt like giving up but was always enco

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