Chelsey Gomez | Artist & Cancer Community Advocate
@ohyouresotough
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Professional Artist & Advocate in the Cancer Space | Hodgkin's Lymphoma Survivor (2x) | ⬇ SHOP my Etsy & Books (linked below) hello @ohyouresotough .com
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Ways to support my art ❤️🌈 thank you to everyone who lifts up my art and my voice 💕
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Today is my 4th birthday post cancer diagnosis. Every birthday is precious for a person who was told they might not have anymore. 🥲❤️
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Today is my third rebirthday and words can’t truly capture just how grateful I am for this community. Thanks for saving me in a million small ways. Love you cancer fam. ❤️
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Here's another thing nobody wants to say out loud. You will lose friends JUST because you have cancer. It's a heartbreaking reality they don't show you in the "heartwarming" cancer movies.
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Thanks to all who wished me well for my scan. I just had my two year post stem cell transplant scan and I’m still in remission😭😭❤️❤️❤️❤️
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When I was in treatment the words “palliative care” scared me. I wish I had done more research and I wish my doctors talked to me about it. So I wanted to offer this infographic as a starting point for you to maybe have a convo with your doctor (if you feel it could be helpful).
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When your oncologist pulls up a chair instead of going right into the exam 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩
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You know what’s not helpful? When you share a harsh reality about cancer and someone replies “at least you’re alive!!!”
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In October 2018 I was told I had only 6 months left if I didn’t begin cancer treatment right away… well today is my 34th birthday and I’m still here. ❤️ I am so grateful to get to see my daughter grown up and to be here to help others through cancer. 🫂🥹 love you all!
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The most triggering part of celebrity cancer deaths for me is how the media jumps on the battle language bandwagon. Nobody LOSES their “battle” with cancer. Sure as hell not someone like Olivia Newton John who dealt with it for decades. She wins. Treatments failed her.
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Don’t judge cancer patients by the images they share on social media. It’s not that easy. We probably cried 5 mins before we posted that selfie. Our immediate reality is so dark sometimes that it’s easier to pretend the lights are on. 🤍
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Survivorship plans for cancer patients at the end of treatment need to be better than “hey you’re done see ya in 3 months!” 😵💫😵💫😵💫😵💫
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A lot can be hidden from view in a life after cancer. 💙
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Today is 5 years of being
#notdeadyet
aka my cancerversary. Cancer is messy. It’s lonely. It’s hard. However, I am so thankful for the friends and connections I’ve made along the way. 🫂❤️🎂
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Ghosting isn’t just for the haunted mansion - it’s for cancer too. When I think about the “friends” who left - I feel a little blue. I’m better off they all say. Well that doesn’t take the pain away. Don’t be a ghost - your friend with cancer needs you NOW the most.
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I’ve officially published my first ever coloring book. It’s a project of love for my cancer fam.
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Should I wear this to my doctor’s appt on Friday 💀👀🥸
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Even though someone has cancer - talk to them like you always have. Tell us about your life. Complain about the weather. We are still the same person. Please don’t forget us.
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Chemo brain is so annoying. Literally can’t remember what I did 10 seconds ago at times… 😵💫
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Finishing cancer treatment with no plan for survivorship is akin to someone pushing you over a cliff without a parachute and yelling "good luck!"... We have to do better.
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Don’t just support people with cancer in the beginning.
We need your support during and after treatment.
So so many people drop off and stop checking in.
Even just sending a simple text can go a long way. 
Don’t forget about us 🫶
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I am so thankful for every year I get to see my daughter grow up. Cancer almost took that from me. Here’s to a great year of first grade 🤞🤞❤️ Love and hugs to every parent feeling all the feels as your kids go back to school. Especially my fellow cancer parents. ❤️
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"You're too young to have cancer!"
Thanks I'll let my oncologist know. 🙃
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Existing after cancer is quite strange. Some days I feel like I’m really living and other days I just feel like a ghost of the girl I once was.
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Healing from cancer’s impact on your soul has no end date. It’s a lifelong process that ebbs and flows. Please don’t feel like you have to “get over it because it’s been so long”. People don’t “get it” who haven’t lived it… and that’s okay. We are in this together. 🩷🫂
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One thing is for sure... you gain an entire family of cancer patients the minute you are diagnosed. Grateful for each and every cancer friend I've made. <3
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Good morning to everyone except the doctor who told me my cancer was just anxiety.
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Took my daughter to see
@ladygaga
tonight (her first ever concert). Feels good to live after so much darkness from cancer. 🤍
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So proud of all my cancer friends for getting up everyday and putting one foot in front of the other. ❤️ hugs
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Cancer isn’t a one size fits all experience.
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Dyed my hair red today- feels like my final transition from my pre cancer to post cancer self 🥲❤️
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🥲 Like please - my looks are the last thing I want to discuss while trying to survive cancer…
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Ending cancer treatment can come with such confusing and conflicting feelings. You’re not alone ❤️
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Have you found anything that helps with your chemo brain?
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The first oncologist I ever had dismissed me.
He called me “Dr. Google” and belittled me.
He gaslit me and my family multiple times.
But I still stayed… I didn’t know any better.
I do now. Get a second opinion.
Speak up for yourself. ❤️🫂
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No matter what the status of your cancer is… you’re a survivor for getting up everyday and facing the world. Proud of you. ❤️
#NationalCancerSurvivorsDay
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A few reminders for the cancer fam to start your week 💖
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Healing isn’t linear - it’s really messy, ugly, and beautiful all at the same time. Go easy on yourself. *hugs*
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I would just like to validate your feelings : life after cancer is indeed MUCH harder in many ways. <3
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It’s difficult to reconcile the often total loss of self, and control over one’s own body that comes with cancer. I just wanted to let you know that you’re not alone and some days are harder than others. Hugs 🫂🤍
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You’re not too young for cancer.
Cancer doesn’t care if you’re 20 or 60.
Youth does not equal invincibility.
Listen to your body and don’t ignore symptoms.
Signed the girl who thought it couldn’t happen to her.
❤️
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The cancer muggle crew! How many have you met? 😂
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For Nightbirde 🤍
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I think having cancer at all during your life should give you an immunity pass for things like the flu and common colds lol.
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Same day scan / test results should be standard for most cancer patients (if not all unless a difficult case obviously) … the torture of scanxiety is real and it’s crippling.
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No. I don’t want to hear about the secret cancer cure you read about on Facebook.
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I see you cancer friends 🤍🫂
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Hi cancer friends - we are safe after the hurricane. Lots of flooding everywhere, still no power, but we are okay. ❤️❤️
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You can be in my club too if you want. 🤝👯♀️❤️☺️
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Although things can be said with the best of intentions… they don’t always land the way you intended.
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Being a young person with cancer means confronting life's fragility at an age when your dreams are still taking shape. It feels disorienting and hard to untangle your identity from cancer. Worst of all... it feels scary to dream again. Sending a hug to everyone navigating this.
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Nobody is “too young” to have cancer. Stop dismissing people’s symptoms based on age- old or young!
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Cancer takes an invisible toll. It carves a mark onto your soul. The mark will never heal. But everyone will question if the pain is real. 🤍
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We need authentic voices in the cancer space now more than ever. Speak your truth and don’t apologize for it.
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If someone announces a terminal cancer diagnosis - please don’t then start commenting that they will “beat it!!” 😳 saw this behavior over on Tik Tok… smh
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I don’t understand how YOU don’t understand why cancer isn’t ever “over”.
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I just wanted to share with my cancer Twitter friends that I published my new children’s book and it’s up on Amazon! An easy to understand guide to what chemotherapy is and how it works for kids. ☺️
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Cancer is a very personal experience. However, society would lead you to believe there’s only one way to have cancer. To be brave. To be strong. To be an inspiration. The reality is more often than not… you feel like you’re drowning. ❤️🩹🌊
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Losing friends to cancer never gets any easier. 😣🤍😖
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A “cancer is confusing” thought from the community ❤️🩹
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I’m not strong. I cried before I got here.
I’m not brave. I am full of unspeakable fear.
I told you I was good. I lied.
I keep all the bad things inside.
It’s easier that way. For you.
I just wish it was easier that way for me too…
❤️🩹
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A club we never wanted to sign up for… but the members are second to none. 💖 Love you all
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No cancer isn’t all that I am or will be… but it’s a huge part of my identity. If you want me to just “move on” you’re asking me to erase a huge part of my story. Please accept all of me. Don’t ask me to hide the parts that make you uncomfortable. 🤍
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Proud of all my survivors - anyone who hears the words “it’s cancer” and continues to get up and face the world is a survivor ❤️❤️
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Happy Sunday cancer friends 🩷🦖🦕
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The comfort and validation I feel speaking to other cancer friends who just “get it” can’t be stressed enough. It is like a little piece of me is healing each time. Thank you to this community who shows up everyday for each other in so many beautiful ways. 🤍🤍
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Unfortunately the fact that *some* people ARE there for you more during cancer doesn’t heal the wound burned into your soul from the ones who weren’t …that you thought loved you beyond words. The questions about why you weren’t enough to make them care. ❤️🩹
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Salty Sunday: anonymous confessions from the cancer community translated into art by me
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Neuropathy isn’t something I see discussed enough in the cancer space. It can truly be a debilitating side effect. I hope these infographics help ❤️
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1am cancer thoughts 💭
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Every time I share an isolating and difficult thought I had / have about cancer…. I’m always met with an overwhelming amount of people who feel the same. Community is so special and I am so grateful to have found mine. 🥹 love you cancer family. We aren’t alone. ❤️
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Last night I went down a rabbit hole of pink and saw that in 2020 Susan G net assets were $132,262,878 and their direct grants to individual patients domestically were $700,700. Translating to only 0.5% going directly to patients pockets during the pandemic. 👀😵💫😵💫😵💫
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BINGO! Thought it would be fun to bring back some cancer bingo cards 😅 first one is those really “fun” phrases we hear from certain folks 👀🙃 I hope you got a laugh from this and happy Saturday! 🩷
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Contrary to popular media - cancer doesn’t have a “look”.
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I hope Cancer Moon Shot addresses why so many in America lose everything when they’re diagnosed with cancer. Gofundme and asking friends / family for money shouldn’t have to be how we survive. It’s not okay. We need more help and resources.
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Heavy is the head that wears the diagnosis.
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It’s not just a chapter in my story. It’s a f*cking book burning. I’m trying to save every little piece I can while you scream at me to just get over it. How can I get over it? HOW?
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Instead of saying something like, “Let me know if you need anything” … here are a few simple actions you can take to support a cancer patient.
It’s all about taking the burden off the patient. Don’t always assume they will ask for help. Most of us won’t.
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Cancer friends supporting each other is truly a beautiful thing. ❤️ especially those who didn’t get the support they needed from others.
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My old oncologist used to call me “Dr. Google” and I don’t necessarily think that’s a bad thing. Remaining informed about your cancer and/ or your care is essential. He wasn’t saying it nicely but I’ll gladly change it into a compliment 🤣❤️
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Did you get ghosted during cancer treatment?
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I thought cancer took away the person I was. I grieved for her, wished to go back.
It hit me only recently that she didn’t leave.
She’s been here all along. The true me.
The little kid inside of me who was creative & fearless. I hate cancer but I’m grateful it brought her back ❤️
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Your cancer experience is valid no matter how it looks… because it’s YOURS. Don’t allow others to make your experience feel less than (and don’t do it to yourself). Cancer is cancer.
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Life after cancer be like
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I feel like sometimes we all need this reminder. No matter if you’re a patient or a caregiver - this ISN’T your fault. Please don’t add that burden to your shoulders. I know it’s easier said than done… sending you lots of love and understanding 🤍🫂
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She believed she could…but she had chemo brain so she forgot. 🙂
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One of the scariest places I’ve ever been is a Facebook cancer support group 👀🚩🚩 not all… but most.
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I remember learning each of these as I went through my cancer experience. Many of these lessons painfully agonized over. Sometimes things like being abandoned by friends hurt even worse than my chemo side effects.
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A “cancer is confusing” thought directly from a member of the cancer community. ❤️🩹
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Sending a hug to all my cancer friends who are not feeling very merry right now 🫂🤍
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I was feeling a certain type of way when I drew this 💀 love ya cancer fam
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Chemo brain is by far one of the most frustrating and upsetting thing for me post cancer. I just wish I could have my old brain back. 😣
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The drawing which inspired today’s poem about cancer survivorship. 💕
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Once you hear the words, “it’s cancer” you become keenly aware of your own mortality. I found it really hard to process going from being a young person with my life ahead of me… to a young person with maybe? A life? Ahead of me? … if I’m lucky..💔
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Facts are facts.
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Happy Valentine’s Day to my cancer friends ❤️☺️🫶
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Hi cancer friends. My new book is officially published and I wanted to share. It’s over 150 fun and silly art prompts to get you creating. I’ll be doing some YouTube videos creating along with you. I hope you find this book relaxing and inspiring! 🥰🫶
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I stand with my friends in the Breast Cancer Community against pinkwashing ‼️
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There is no good cancer.
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I hope people see how ones dreams, hopes, and aspirations don’t stop when you get sick. Nightbirde was a wonderful example of this. This is why you can’t just tell immunocompromised people to stay home forever. We won’t stay home and we won’t be quiet. We exist. We matter.
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