The Vulnerability Collective

Looks like resilience (Penn’s Resilience Project and UW’s Resilience Lab) is a bi-coastal theme! Spotted @ Van Pelt Library

"I started feeling abdominal pain. I got a pap smear after my doctor suggested it, but it did not come back clear. I thought maybe there was an ulcer or something. My test results came back that I was positive for cervical cancer. I remember that my doctor said “you’re at full stage cervical cancer”. I couldn’t really hear what she was saying, I couldn’t process anything. I hung up the phone. I didn’t tell anyone in my family and I didn’t tell my boyfriend. My sister was about to get divorced, and my parents were each getting surgery. I didn’t think it was my place to come in and say I had these problems."