Stef Gayhart

Wow, it's been almost two years since I last wrote anything here. So. . .perhaps I owe everyone a bit of an update? For those new to my blog now that I've migrated it over to the website, welcome aboard! I encourage you to go back to the beginning and read the posts chronologically if you want to understand my cancer experience as I was going through it. If you're short on time -- Tl;dr version: in 2019 I was diagnosed with stage 3 oral squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue (HPV-unrelated)....

Today is National Cancer Survivors Day and its my 4th celebrating as a cancer survivor. In the grand scheme of things, I suppose I’m still relatively new at this, but I feel like a veteran with the massive amount of spiritual and emotional growth I’ve gone through since my diagnosis. Its funny how time canContinue reading “What Does it Mean to Be a Survivor?”

It’s an odd feeling to look back at myself 4 years ago, just a few months shy of my first Rebirthday, and remember how hard the Summer months used to hit. The sounds of the crickets and the spring peepers would churn up a dark feeling of dread in the depths of my gut. InContinue reading “Reminiscing on Death”