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Shannon Cury

Shannon Cury

The first day of the rest of my life.

Two years ago today my life changed forever. September 30th 2020 was the day I heard the words, “it’s cancer. Lymphoma.” It was a…

6 min readSep 30, 2022

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Shannon Cury

Scanxiety & Clear Scan Elation

Scans are overwhelmingly stressful. A specific kind of stress that warrants it’s own name — scanxiety. Shout out to the cancer community…

4 min readAug 3, 2022

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Shannon Cury

Snow Globes & Prime Day & Trauma Responses

You know the chaos that comes from shaking a snow globe? Things feels serene, maybe even picturesque. Then all of a sudden everything is up…

6 min readJul 19, 2022

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Shannon Cury

On Loss & Growth

Is it possible to live several lifetimes in one year? Time is a mental construct, right? It feels like the year 2050 when I think about all…

6 min readNov 26, 2021

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Purpose & Perspective

First and foremost — some good news. My 6 month scans came back clear so I am still cancer free! With the good news, I also found out…

6 min readJul 23, 2021

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Unhappy Belated Mental Health Awareness Month

I had big ambitions to write a blog post about Mental Health Awareness month in May. I was too depressed to write it. Unhappy Belated…

4 min readJun 23, 2021

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Shannon Cury

REMISSION.

I’m cancer free. I fucking did it. Phew.

4 min readApr 24, 2021

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Shannon Cury

Life is hard

I am not creative. I’m not a writer. I’m lazy. I’m not funny. I’m not the same person I was during treatment. I don’t have a good attiude…

5 min readApr 6, 2021

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Life is hard

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Shannon Cury

Why me?

When I was diagnosed, I couldn’t help but ask myself the existential question of “Why me? Why did I get cancer?”

5 min readFeb 9, 2021

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Shannon Cury

On Showing Up

Before cancer, I used to panic when figuring out how to show up for other people going through traumatic events.

6 min readJan 22, 2021

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On Showing Up

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Shannon Cury

Shannon Cury

Breathwork coach, cancer survivor & writer. Rambling about her feelings, her healing & life in between. Head to shannoncury.com/blog for up to date musings.

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