I Was Diagnosed With Cancer, So I Started Drawing Comics To Combat The Terrible Misconceptions About Cancer

it's the same for mental illness

aw that sucks...

These are good. They should reach far n wide!

Ha, I'm bald so I shave my head, I get a cancer diagnosis and suddenly my friends shave their heads, they never paid enough attention to realize I didn't have hair under my hat...

Should have thought this through a bit more

My doctors gave me antidepressants for a year and a half before someone finally figured out I had lymphoma. Docs all think everyone is a drug seeker so they treat for depression.

Primary an even hospital care for women is p**s poor in the US. How it's often brushed off as a "woman crying pain" makes me really angry. I've had cramps so bad from my period I've felt like I did when I tried to OD, but if a man stubs his toe it's suddenly the end of the world. It stinks as a transman, cuz I'm expected to suck it up and be manly or whatever.

I had a serious liver condition for over a year, and itched like mad. My dr blew me off till I told him it could be my liver, and IT WAS

"I'll pray for you", or, in layman's terms "I want to act sympathetic but don't want to do anything actually helpful because that takes effort."

Yep - I relate to this one waaay more than I'd like

This is sad but often true

Politicizing cancer heals it faster apparently

Americans: http://whoismyrepresentative.com. Its really easy, you just call and talk to an intern, or you leave a message. Or you can email, but calling seems to be more effective - "phone lines were flooded by calls from constituents" is something that gets reported, versus "email inboxes were pretty full."

Chemo does make you look like s**t but love can make you feel like gold

Hi. My name is Barbara Jaffe. I council newly diagnosed cancer patients and their families about cancer. One of the people I recently helped told me about your cancer owl project. I am in awe. This one in particular.

like Joanna K. said: damm, onion cutting ninjas

Whatever cancer someone is diagnosed it gives you an unchangeable new view of life and what's important

HOW I GOT CURED OF CANCER My name is Ken Brady, I am from Austrialia, I never thought I would ever be free of Cancer in my life, after been diagnosed with CANCER of the LUNG in 2015, I have tried everything possible in life, from one doctor to another, one hospital to another, series of tests, different kinds of medications. I had already lost hope untiI I saw Dr. SANI's online testimonies, a specialist in herbal medications and treatments, I contacted him (perfectherballife@gmail.com) and he prepared some herbal medications for CANCER for me which I took for about 20 days and now I am completely cured. I want to use this medium to express my gratitude to him for saving my life and curing me from CANCER of the LUNG, for taking away all my pains and sorrows, I'm indeed grateful and I am so happy I'm now free of this Cancer disease. I will forever be grateful and continue to tell the good news of your great works to everyone. If you have any type of CANCER or other Diseases

If you aren't visibly suffering, or aren't suffering "correctly", people just presume your suffering is invalid.

Now I really want to give him a hug

*HUGS*

Smoking is always a good culprit . Everything bad coming to you is the fault of smoking. Well I personally believe all the horror stories and traumas I was passing through the past years in my life would have been more worse than all the cigarettes I smoked but well I did not study medicine

My grandma made me feel her boob before she got it cut off, so I'd know what the cancer felt like. Felt like steak. Awkward AF steak

Ugh. This is the worst. Along with the "everything happens for a reason" comments. My mom died of cancer, as did my FIL, as did both my dad's parents (my grandparents). I think I've heard every bad comment in the book.

Look, you're making fun of us and our beliefs. Religion has existed for thousands of years and with good reason. There are things in this world that we can't explain, so they do have a basis in reality. You are being obnoxiously disrespectful of others and, as someone who respects cristianity, islam an athism while still remaining adamant in my Jewish beliefs, you're acting like an a*****e who is so insecure in his about his position he feels it's okay to mock others. We respect you, the least you could do is extend the same courtesy to us.

Proof that being biblically accurate has no comedic value. Jace, for the record, people holding signs saying “GOD HATES F**S “ isn’t a true representation of Christians. If you actually knew what true Christianity was and how it works, you wouldn’t see yourself acting like a smartass in some of these commments. I do have sympathy for people like you though

Christian here...you can take your "magical sky daddy wish goblin" sh!t & shove it UP your a$$. Now I'm gonna go pray

remember the cure to cancer is through eating only foods that are red because some guy on the internet sys non red foods cause cancer(with a side of AIDS)