


Why Every New Cancer Patient Needs To Slow Down Before Surgery
Don't be rushed. Get a second opinion. The alternative is a piece of yourself that could have been saved in a medical waste bin.

From Cancer to COVID
Getting through breast cancer taught me a lot of lessons which I'm finding helpful in surviving coronavirus.

How Radiation Therapy Taught Me To Meditate
They say it takes 21 days to build a habit like mindfulness. My six weeks of radiation therapy gave me that, and then some.

Cancer Was My Crucible, And It Made Me More Compassionate
The tragedies of illness can be agonizing to endure, but oftentimes, we come out the other side more loving people than when we went in.
Folks is an online magazine dedicated to telling the stories of remarkable people who refuse to be defined by their health issues. By sharing the experiences of these individuals, we hope to change people’s notions about what it means to be ‘normal’.
Editorially independent, Folks is sponsored and published by PillPack. Part of our mission at PillPack is to create healthcare experiences that empower people. We don’t believe people are defined by their conditions. We pay our contributors, and we don’t sell advertising.
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John Brownlee, Editor-in-Chief
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