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Cancer, cockroaches, and a stench.

Cancer, cockroaches, and a stench.

I was 12 when the doctors told my parents I had cancer. How fucking rude is that?

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Vanessa Rose Lima
Jan 11, 2023
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I was 12 when the doctors told my parents I had cancer. How fucking rude is that?

Could you imagine being a kid one minute and the next, some dude in scrubs is explaining white blood cells and chemo therapy and telling you that you can’t go to the movies or church.

I was cool with the no church thing, I sinned my little ass off, anyway.

Cancer and puberty…

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