For many women battling cancer, finding the words to express the emotions they are having can be difficult. Music can be a beautiful way to explore your feelings and help you cope. A few months ago, I asked my ovarian cancer community to share their “fight song” with the intention of creating a playlist toContinue reading “Our Ovarian Cancer Playlist”
Author Archives: Morgan
Dear Morgan
For those of you that don’t know, I started keeping a hand-written journal to process my private thoughts and emotions during this chapter in my life. Occasionally, I draw content from the journal to share with you. Recently, I was tasked to write myself a letter from a place of love. I found this exerciseContinue reading “Dear Morgan”
I’m Using My #PowerfulVoice on World Ovarian Cancer Day
I will be celebrating World Ovarian Cancer Day on May 8, 2020, with Cure Our Ovarian Cancer, the world’s only charitable organization solely focused on funding research for low-grade serous ovarian carcinoma, by using my #PowerfulVoice to increase awareness of this disease and fundraising for research. One in 70 women will be diagnosed with ovarianContinue reading “I’m Using My #PowerfulVoice on World Ovarian Cancer Day”
Quarantine Advice from a Cancer Survivor
As I write this post, I’m on day 35 home because of the COVID-19 crisis in New Jersey and around the world. As someone who recently finished treatment for cancer, this pandemic came at a particularly scary time. Back in March I wrote a post reminding people that social distancing was important to keep peopleContinue reading “Quarantine Advice from a Cancer Survivor”
To Those Too Healthy to Worry about COVID-19…
Lucky you, but this isn’t about you. This is about me and the millions of other Americans with underlying health conditions that leave their immune systems compromised. This isn’t about whether or not a healthy person will quickly recover from a virus. This is about keeping the otherwise healthy people out of the hospitals soContinue reading “To Those Too Healthy to Worry about COVID-19…”
Celebrating Apres
What a week! I had my post-chemotherapy scans and bloodwork last Friday and the results have been dripping in all week. My CA125 (the ovarian cancer antigen) is now at a personal all-time low of 11! Anything under 35 considered normal, and before surgery, my level was 582. So that 11 was great news. MyContinue reading “Celebrating Apres”
I won’t let cancer beat me
I thought a lot about what I was going to name this blog. Maybe I would use a cute ovary pun or misspelling, or would I make it something with my name and keep cancer out of it. “Morgan Beats Cancer” was a bold choice. At the time I was only about halfway through myContinue reading “I won’t let cancer beat me”
A weekend of healing
How often do you take an entire weekend to focus on yourself? If you’re anything like me, the answer is rarely if ever. But that’s how I spent the first weekend of February. I was surrounded by other cancer warriors, and had the most amazing weekend of self care at Mary’s Place by the Sea.Continue reading “A weekend of healing”
What’s In My Chemo-Day Bag
It’s hard to know what to pack for your first long day of chemotherapy. What will I need? Is there something I haven’t thought of? Below is a breakdown of what I keep in my chemo bag. Mints. Sometimes the medicines will leave a weird taste in your mouth. For me it took a fewContinue reading “What’s In My Chemo-Day Bag”
Let’s End Ovarian Cancer
For my birthday this year, I’m asking for donations to Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance OCRA. As you may know I began my battle again ovarian cancer in September 2019, and I hope you’ll consider contributing as a way to celebrate with me and fund research to help me and other women win against this disease.Continue reading “Let’s End Ovarian Cancer”