On Shame, Survival, and Coming Back Home to My Body

Facing cancer after an eating disorder was hard, but it also helped me see that my health issues are not my fault

Photo: Erica Joy Baker

As of March 17, 2019, I am a one-year survivor of ovarian cancer. I am deeply grateful for this. Ovarian cancer is the deadliest of all gynecological cancers, and I am one of the lucky…