This is a special comic, as it was created by a cancer survivor for one of my closest cancer surviving friends! I think it's a brief and funny reminder about watching the language we use when talking to someone going through cancer. I routinely bring up my friend, Susie Gander, a cancer survivor of Hodgkins Lymphoma and the crazy talented artist behind Perry Winkle, a must read for anyone in the middle of cancer treatment. Susie and me share the same crazy urge to make comics about cancer while getting treatments and working full time. On top of all of that Susie heads up multiple cancer fundraising events. If you haven't yet, please order her stunningly beautiful and empowering comic that you can read online at www.perrwinklecomic.com.
And as for Riley....
Well, how do you even begin to describe the ass-kicker that is my friend, Riley? Well, for starters she's a stage 4 Colon Cancer survivor who was diagnosed while pregnant, and had two different ostomies during that time as well. She's now a huge colon cancer advocate while working as a therapist. She will also be featured with me in an upcoming Colonder (coming soon)! Riley and I are kindred spirits, in that we're both therapists and cancer survivors AND we speak very bluntly about the cancer experience as a whole. Like me, Riley saw her experience and survival as a chance to give back to raise awareness and advocacy.
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