Cancer is one of the most common diseases of our age, and yet those who face it rarely know what’s about to happen to them beyond the broadest terms. “Cancer up Close” is an open recount of Michele Goncalves’s cancer journey from pre-diagnosis to life after treatment.
I remember feeling both nervous and excited as I was being wheeled into the surgery room on March 1, 2019. This was the last hurdle I had to get through in order to complete my cancer treatment protocol. After living with an ileostomy bag hanging out of my abdomen for 9 months, I was looking forward to going to the bathroom normally again. My only worry was that I didn’t know how my overly-sensitive belly and body would handle another big shake-up. Turns out, not so well.
