“Do you feel guilty for looking ‘normal’ while having stage four breast cancer?”

It's the question Katie Thurston , former Bachelorette star, was queried on her Instagram channel Boobie Broadcast. She created the space after being diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer in March, and it now has more than 60,000 members—survivors, thrivers, medical professionals, and supporters—talking openly about what it means to live with a disease that so often hides in plain sight.

Thurston’s response stopped me mid-scroll, mid-breath: “I’m tired all the time, my body aches continuously, my hair is thinning, my hormones are suppressed, my memory is shit, my vagina is dry, my hands and feet feel tight, I had to freeze my eggs so that I could maybe find a way to pay $100k for surrogacy just to

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