RUSTIN PETRAE   AUTHOR | GRAPHIC DESIGNER

Cancer feels like a sort of never-ending presence in my life now. It hangs like a shadow over almost everything but not necessarily to a degree that it impacts my life. I just recognize it now. I acknowledge it. Before, it was something far away. A thing that I knew of but not a thing that directly interfered with me or with what I want to do with my life. There are still certain times when I get hit with side-effects of the radiation (despite it being a good four-to-five mon

One of the biggest reasons why I am doing this series is awareness. You might say you know about something but trust me, you don't unless you lived through it. I lived through it and want to share my knowledge with others in an effort to help. For me, I let my symptoms go unchecked for 2+ years because I just didn't know enough. Like I mentioned in volume 1, I thought it was pretty much EVERYTHING else BUT cancer. If you read this and you have persistent symptoms that don't s