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My Diagnosis

Alysa Cummings — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:33:25 +0000

Guest blog by Jeongwoo Seo. Jeongwoo was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoid Leukemia (ALL) during his freshman year of high school.

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A Review of Greetings from CancerLand: Writing the Journey to Recovery

Bob Riter — Wed, 23 May 2012 18:00:41 +0000

We are so PROUD!! OncoLink's Poet-in-Residence, Alysa Cummings has written a book, Greetings from CancerLand: Writing the Journey to Recovery. It is compilation of Alysa's amazing essays and poems.

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Greetings from CancerLand: Splendidly Imperfect 50/50

Alysa Cummings — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:24:19 +0000

Last time I checked, cancer is not a comedy. No way. No how. Not even close. Maybe that’s why I was so disturbed by the movie trailer for 50/50 when it first appeared on TV last year. For some unknown reason, they seemed to be marketing this cancer movie as a comedy. Seriously. Even though [...]

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Greetings from CancerLand: Plastic Surgeon Photo Shoot

Alysa Cummings — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 21:22:05 +0000

Alysa Cummings is a certified poetry therapist who focuses her energies full-time in support of cancer survivors using writing as a tool for healing.

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Greetings from CancerLand: Sometimes I Almost Forget

Alysa Cummings — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 19:45:46 +0000

Alysa Cummings is a certified poetry therapist who focuses her energies full-time in support of cancer survivors using writing as a tool for healing.

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Greetings from CancerLand: Old, She Said

Alysa Cummings — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 20:26:38 +0000

Saturday around noon there was a traffic jam at the Acme; a noticeable back up of shoppers heading southbound down aisle 5, right by the pretzel and candy displays (bags of Hershey miniatures on sale; two for six dollars with Supercard). All because of a slow moving senior citizen using her wagon as a walker, [...]

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Greetings from CancerLand: The Last Noel

Alysa Cummings — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 16:39:19 +0000

Alysa Cummings is a certified poetry therapist who focuses her energies full-time in support of cancer survivors using writing as a tool for healing.

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A CancerLand Holiday Wishlist…or Please Help Me Get Through the Season

Alysa Cummings — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 17:54:40 +0000

Holidays can be happy, happy, merry, merry or holidays can get on your last nerve. You know what I mean? Honestly, it’s true. And trust me, cancer may have very little to do with it. The season that starts with Thanksgiving and climaxes with New Year’s Day can drain anyone dry, even if you’re in [...]

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In the Name of Pinkness

Alysa Cummings — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 14:27:22 +0000

I’m at the neighborhood Acme, standing in the produce aisle, reaching for some shiny red MacIntosh apples, when I hear a female voice behind me: Remind all the women in your life to get a mammogram… Startled, I drop the fruit into my shopping cart, look around the store, and try to figure out where [...]

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Greetings from CancerLand: Something Good

Alysa Cummings — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:06:03 +0000

Alysa Cummings is a certified poetry therapist who focuses her energies full-time in support of cancer survivors using writing as a tool for healing.

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