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Guest column | Doctors said I was ‘too young’ to be seriously ill. I had Stage 4 cancer. - The Washington Post

16.06.2025 03:23

Guest column | Doctors said I was ‘too young’ to be seriously ill. I had Stage 4 cancer. - The Washington Post

I was 26.

My symptoms were brushed off as stress, bad luck or somethi… [+982 chars]

Three years ago, before I learned that I had metastatic cancer, doctors repeatedly told me I was too young to be seriously ill.

Why should the law care about what I do behind closed doors?