Cancer treatment has taught many survivors how to combat infection, a useful skill to adjusting life amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
BY RYAN HAMNER
PUBLISHED APRIL 13, 2020
Ryan Hamner is a four-time survivor of Hodgkin lymphoma, a musician and a writer. In 2011, he wrote and recorded, "Where Hope Lives" for the American Cancer Society and the song for survivors, "Survivors Survive" used in 2015 for #WorldCancerDay. Recently, he published his book, This is Remission: A Four-Time Cancer Survivor's Memories of Treatment, Struggle, and Life, available on Amazon.
I have lots of questions about COVID-19 — about the numbers, the treatment, the testing and how it could impact someone like me with my history of cancer and cancer treatment. These are probably some of the same questions that many others have.
However, if there is one thing I'm pretty familiar with it's taking the steps necessary to lessen my chances of becoming infected. Assuming I wasn't infected already at some point and didn't know it.
Like many cancer survivors, I once lived in a bit of a bubble. For example, when I was a kid going through cancer treatment, and even during my final bout with lymphoma at age 21, wearing a mask in my limited outings was a somewhat normal procedure.
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