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I Just Wanted to Make It Home Alive — The Day I Chose Life Over Dreams in Pandemic-Era New York
“I Want to Make It Home Alive.” That Was My Only Wish. When COVID-19 swept across the world, I found myself standing at one of the most important crossroads of my life. I was in New York, preparing to graduate and begin my professional c... -
My Mother Said “Remove Everything,” I Said “I Refuse Treatment”: Facing Uterine Cancer and My Future as a Woman
At 25 years old, I was diagnosed with cancer. My mother said,“Doctor, please remove everything immediately.” And I replied,“I refuse all treatment.” The air in the examination room froze. It was a collision between two different kinds of... -
Seven Stories, One Journey— Exploring Quality of Life Through Different Paths —
Since being diagnosed with cancer at the age of twenty-five, I have had to rebuild my life more than once. Surviving illness. Starting over in New York. Returning to Japan and facing the realities of caregiving. Looking back, each chapte... -
Reclaiming the Quality of My Life— A Way of Living Called Quality of Life —
The day I heard the words, “You have cancer,” I thought my life was over. For the first time, I truly understood that life has an ending. In my twenties, death felt like something distant—a reality that belonged to another time, another ... -
The Origin of My Quality of Life
There was a time when I truly believed that life would work itself out. As long as I lived honestly and did my best, good things would eventually come my way. But life can be both beautiful and cruel. Sometimes, without warning, it pushe...
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