Behind Surviving Chronic Illness; Ari Cubangbang

            I am a writer, an artist and a student at AUArts. I live with multiple rare diseases and complications from them. I have had non-modularly familial papillary thyroid carcinoma, which spread to my muscle and lymph nodes. I had bilateral radical neck dissection, which resulted in me having muscle, lymph nodes, and thyroid removed.Continue reading “Behind Surviving Chronic Illness; Ari Cubangbang”

Advocating For Yourself

            Something you’ll have to continue to do throughout your disease journey or chronic illness is advocate for yourself. What is advocating? Advocate is defined as “[a] person who is appointed to advise on and protect the rights, needs, etc., of a vulnerable adult or child, and act as his or her representative” (“advocate”). WhenContinue reading “Advocating For Yourself”