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title: "2 Diagnosed Cancer Quotes By Suleika Jaouad"
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> [Getting diagnosed with cancer at 22 really magnified the in-betweenness that I felt. All of my friends were starting careers and going to parties and dating, and I was stuck - literally - in this one hospital bed for weeks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suleika-jaouad/getting-diagnosed-with-cancer-at-22-really-magnified-the-in/)

[Suleika Jaouad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suleika-jaouad/)

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> [When I was diagnosed with cancer at age 22, I learned just how much cancer affects families when it affects individuals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suleika-jaouad/when-i-was-diagnosed-with-cancer-at-age-22-i-learned-just-how-much/)

[Suleika Jaouad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suleika-jaouad/)

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## More by Suleika Jaouad

> [With a Catholic mother and a Muslim father, I've always had a great interest in religion, but I've never practiced one myself. After I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suleika-jaouad/with-a-catholic-mother-and-a-muslim-father-i-ve-always-had-a-great/)

[Suleika Jaouad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suleika-jaouad/)

> [It felt like 10 years, but I was actually in treatment for three-and-a-half years. I finally finished in April. Two years ago, I had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suleika-jaouad/it-felt-like-10-years-but-i-was-actually-in-treatment-for-three-and-a/)

[Suleika Jaouad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suleika-jaouad/)

> [There are days when I even long for the paralegal job that once upon a time made me so miserable. It wasn't the perfect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suleika-jaouad/there-are-days-when-i-even-long-for-the-paralegal-job-that-once-upon/)

[Suleika Jaouad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suleika-jaouad/)

> [When I finally returned home after my five-week hospitalization, I could feel the stares of strangers on my bald head and thinning eyebrows. Everywhere…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suleika-jaouad/when-i-finally-returned-home-after-my-five-week-hospitalization-i/)

[Suleika Jaouad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suleika-jaouad/)

> [The bone marrow transplant procedure itself can be dangerous, but it is swift, which makes it feel strangely anti-climactic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suleika-jaouad/the-bone-marrow-transplant-procedure-itself-can-be-dangerous-but-it/)

[Suleika Jaouad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suleika-jaouad/)

> [Even amid the shock of my diagnosis, I held onto the hope that I'd be able to make the most of my down time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suleika-jaouad/even-amid-the-shock-of-my-diagnosis-i-held-onto-the-hope-that-i-d-be/)

[Suleika Jaouad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suleika-jaouad/)

> [I'll never go so far to call cancer a gift. It's a really terrible disease. It's taken the lives of so many of my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suleika-jaouad/i-ll-never-go-so-far-to-call-cancer-a-gift-it-s-a-really-terrible/)

[Suleika Jaouad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suleika-jaouad/)

> [I think often when we talk about things like cancer, the kind of final act at the end of the story comes with a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suleika-jaouad/i-think-often-when-we-talk-about-things-like-cancer-the-kind-of-final/)

[Suleika Jaouad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suleika-jaouad/)

> [Before my diagnosis with leukemia, two years ago at the age of 22, I'd always excelled at making resolutions. But I was never as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suleika-jaouad/before-my-diagnosis-with-leukemia-two-years-ago-at-the-age-of-22-i-d/)

[Suleika Jaouad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suleika-jaouad/)

> [Like a lot of other young people, I never thought about health insurance until I got sick. I was 22, and my adult life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suleika-jaouad/like-a-lot-of-other-young-people-i-never-thought-about-health/)

[Suleika Jaouad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suleika-jaouad/)

> [And there came a point in my treatment where I couldn't see that end in sight. And that was the most challenging, I think,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suleika-jaouad/and-there-came-a-point-in-my-treatment-where-i-couldn-t-see-that-end/)

[Suleika Jaouad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suleika-jaouad/)

> [But no conversation between doctor and patient can magically turn an uninsured patient into an insured one. Doctors are just as helpless as patients…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suleika-jaouad/but-no-conversation-between-doctor-and-patient-can-magically-turn-an/)

[Suleika Jaouad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suleika-jaouad/)

> [Cancer magnifies the in-betweenness of young adulthood: You're not a child anymore, yet you're not fully ready to live in the adult world, either.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suleika-jaouad/cancer-magnifies-the-in-betweenness-of-young-adulthood-you-re-not-a/)

[Suleika Jaouad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suleika-jaouad/)

> [I get along well with my medical team and I have a tremendous amount of respect for them. But the idea of discussing my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suleika-jaouad/i-get-along-well-with-my-medical-team-and-i-have-a-tremendous-amount/)

[Suleika Jaouad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suleika-jaouad/)

> [For the better half of my early 20s, I was Bubble Girl. When I found out I had leukemia at 22 my world suddenly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suleika-jaouad/for-the-better-half-of-my-early-20s-i-was-bubble-girl-when-i-found/)

[Suleika Jaouad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suleika-jaouad/)

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