https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 23 Apr 2026 05:17:54 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/humans-of-ny-series-on-pediatric-cancer-at-memorial-sloan-kettering-cancer-center#post-2621010 Tue, 13 Sep 2016 20:32:07 +0000 Lynz1022 2621010@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was unfamiliar with this series, but I want to thank you for sharing. My daughter is one of those affected by pediatric cancer. On July 15th she was diagnosed with Leukemia. Thankfully the type of leukemia she has is very curable, and she has responded so well. As a parent to two very healthy girls hearing the "c" word couldn't be any more shocking. I am truly amazed at the strength of these children going through these very difficult treatments. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/humans-of-ny-series-on-pediatric-cancer-at-memorial-sloan-kettering-cancer-center#post-2553135 Fri, 20 May 2016 09:58:35 +0000 psw27 2553135@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's been really hard to read. I recently visited St. Jude's Children's Hospital in Memphis and I cried for nearly the entire tour. Whenever I am having a bad parenting day, I think of the sick babies in wagons getting chemo and hug my little guy a little tighter. I could cry just thinking about it. :crying: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/humans-of-ny-series-on-pediatric-cancer-at-memorial-sloan-kettering-cancer-center#post-2553125 Fri, 20 May 2016 09:49:29 +0000 Ree723 2553125@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just read Max's story earlier today and was literally sobbing. I've been reading most of the HONY stories raising money for paediatric cancer research and they all break my heart. I just can't imagine....</p> <p>DD2 had a lump under her collarbone last year, which fortunately turned out to just be a harmless cyst, but the weeks we had to wait for scans and specialist appointments to find all that out were terrifying. I could not imagine having to go through a worst case scenario.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/humans-of-ny-series-on-pediatric-cancer-at-memorial-sloan-kettering-cancer-center#post-2553059 Fri, 20 May 2016 08:45:40 +0000 Ash 2553059@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>These parents and children have had to be stronger than anyone should ever have to be. Max's story killed me. 😢😢 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/humans-of-ny-series-on-pediatric-cancer-at-memorial-sloan-kettering-cancer-center#post-2553035 Fri, 20 May 2016 08:25:05 +0000 Anagram 2553035@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I can't stay away from the posts, but every post kills me. Losing my dad to a glioblastoma brain tumor--which is one of the types that basically means you are definitely dying--was so hard for me. But I know that having it happen to one of my girls would be so much worse. What these parents have been through is absolutely unspeakable.</p> <p>I think I would break into a million pieces. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/humans-of-ny-series-on-pediatric-cancer-at-memorial-sloan-kettering-cancer-center#post-2553031 Fri, 20 May 2016 08:10:26 +0000 lovehoneybee 2553031@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This series, especially Max's story, has really just torn me apart. I can't imagine. That part at the end where she says she thinks he knew he was dying because he asked her if they spoke English where he was going? Ugly tears. </p> <p>My brother had some sort of auto-immune disease before I was born. My mother was actually arrested because one day anytime she even touched his skin it bruised, and when she brought him to the hospital they assumed child abuse. I'm fuzzy on the details, but I know he ended up with a bone marrow transplant. My mom is still haunted by it 35 years later. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/humans-of-ny-series-on-pediatric-cancer-at-memorial-sloan-kettering-cancer-center#post-2553012 Fri, 20 May 2016 07:58:16 +0000 snowjewelz 2553012@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've been reading all of them and it is SO heartbreaking. I was actually the most impacted by what the doctor shared about his journey w/ DIPG. And the parents' sharing just break my heart too. I read a lot of the comments too. As much as we want to ignore this stuff b/c it makes us uncomfortable, I think it is so important and so great of HONY to do this series. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/humans-of-ny-series-on-pediatric-cancer-at-memorial-sloan-kettering-cancer-center#post-2553004 Fri, 20 May 2016 07:53:39 +0000 ElbieKay 2553004@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just posted on FB yesterday about how this has been killing me and making me cry every day on the bus. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/humans-of-ny-series-on-pediatric-cancer-at-memorial-sloan-kettering-cancer-center#post-2552991 Fri, 20 May 2016 07:39:28 +0000 mediagirl 2552991@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't cry until the last one. I can't imagine what she went through. It seems like she may not just have lost her son, but her partner, too. Totally devastating, the whole thing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/humans-of-ny-series-on-pediatric-cancer-at-memorial-sloan-kettering-cancer-center#post-2552978 Fri, 20 May 2016 07:17:24 +0000 LulaBee 2552978@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've been following this series on Instagram, and it breaks my heart. It's tempting to turn away because it's so painful, but I don't think that's fair. It makes me so thankful for my healthy girls, but at the same time I start to worry so much about the "what ifs". Max nearly did me in, though. I'm glad they were able to use social media to raise awareness and money for research. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/humans-of-ny-series-on-pediatric-cancer-at-memorial-sloan-kettering-cancer-center#post-2552916 Fri, 20 May 2016 00:23:37 +0000 ScarletBegonia 2552916@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah I had to leave a cafe this morning because I started crying reading about Max. I was sniffling and paying for my coffee and the cashier asked what was wrong - I told her about the Instagram and she told me she'd been following as well, but hadn't looked at today's one yet - I told her to beware!! </p> <p>I've been blown away by the series. Its just so heartbreaking but uplifting as well... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/humans-of-ny-series-on-pediatric-cancer-at-memorial-sloan-kettering-cancer-center#post-2552891 Thu, 19 May 2016 22:40:01 +0000 PawPrints 2552891@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The series has been so hard and today's was by far the worst. God. But there had to be one that didn't have a happy ending, of course. So so terrifying. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/humans-of-ny-series-on-pediatric-cancer-at-memorial-sloan-kettering-cancer-center#post-2552802 Thu, 19 May 2016 20:20:18 +0000 Mrs.Someone 2552802@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Friends of ours lost their 7yo son to the same cancer 2 years ago. She created a FB group to keep people in the loop and raise awareness. It was heartbreaking watching them go through it. I can't even imagine. So glad HONY is bringing so much awareness to this awful disease (DIPG). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/humans-of-ny-series-on-pediatric-cancer-at-memorial-sloan-kettering-cancer-center#post-2552792 Thu, 19 May 2016 20:10:01 +0000 MamaG 2552792@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've struggled to read these and honestly have intentionally skipped most. Sickness in kids is a trigger for me. I really do want to read because HONY always does an amazing job of telling the stories. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/humans-of-ny-series-on-pediatric-cancer-at-memorial-sloan-kettering-cancer-center#post-2552791 Thu, 19 May 2016 20:09:04 +0000 mrsbubbletea 2552791@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I almost cry every day from it. That blog is so good. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/humans-of-ny-series-on-pediatric-cancer-at-memorial-sloan-kettering-cancer-center#post-2552787 Thu, 19 May 2016 20:07:20 +0000 catlady 2552787@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've been reading it every day. It is so heartbreaking but I feel like if these people can share their stories, the least I can do is read them (on one of my Facebook groups, there are many moms who have blocked HONY until this series is over because they can't even bear to read about it). I think HONY has done an incredible job once again. This was the third or fourth time that he has moved me to donate to a cause that I previously knew next to nothing about. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/humans-of-ny-series-on-pediatric-cancer-at-memorial-sloan-kettering-cancer-center#post-2552783 Thu, 19 May 2016 20:03:29 +0000 Mae 2552783@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hummusgirl: It's as inspiring as it is heartbreaking. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/humans-of-ny-series-on-pediatric-cancer-at-memorial-sloan-kettering-cancer-center#post-2552781 Thu, 19 May 2016 20:02:11 +0000 hummusgirl 2552781@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: I work in the field (not as an amazing researcher - just doing PR!) and it is really amazing how far things have come just in the last 5 years. Still a very long way to go - this series has been heart wrenching. </p> <p>@mrbee: Did you hear the recent This American Life about a Chinese woman whose family kept her terminal cancer a secret from her? It was called "In Defense of Ignorance" and I was like :shocked: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/humans-of-ny-series-on-pediatric-cancer-at-memorial-sloan-kettering-cancer-center#post-2552760 Thu, 19 May 2016 19:46:35 +0000 Mae 2552760@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've been following it closely. It is so hard to read but it's also so important. I'm honestly learning things. Maybe I'm just ignorant but I didn't realize how much progress was being made in treating and curing certain cancers. I always sort of felt like donating to cancer research was like spitting on a house fire-- just totally useless. But this whole thing has totally changed my mind. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/humans-of-ny-series-on-pediatric-cancer-at-memorial-sloan-kettering-cancer-center#post-2552748 Thu, 19 May 2016 19:42:33 +0000 HLK208 2552748@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm in tears. So, so unfair. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/humans-of-ny-series-on-pediatric-cancer-at-memorial-sloan-kettering-cancer-center#post-2552682 Thu, 19 May 2016 18:52:14 +0000 Bibliolove 2552682@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love that website, but this series has been hard to read. So much pain. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/humans-of-ny-series-on-pediatric-cancer-at-memorial-sloan-kettering-cancer-center#post-2552681 Thu, 19 May 2016 18:51:51 +0000 BananaPancakes 2552681@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've been ugly crying at my desk for the past 2 weeks. It's been so upsetting. DS had a brain MRI last year to look for tumors, and it was literally the most horrifying thing I've ever experienced. And it was only the possibility of a tumor. I do not know how you go on when your child has cancer. Those kids (and their parents) are rock stars. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/humans-of-ny-series-on-pediatric-cancer-at-memorial-sloan-kettering-cancer-center#post-2552679 Thu, 19 May 2016 18:50:18 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2552679@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>These have been a very hard read </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/humans-of-ny-series-on-pediatric-cancer-at-memorial-sloan-kettering-cancer-center#post-2552677 Thu, 19 May 2016 18:47:20 +0000 Maysprout 2552677@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I read it a few minutes ago and am still sobbing. Both my kids have been on and off mildly sick and just that watching and worry of regular childhood stuff made me sit and take a break from being stressed. Then I read this and wow, the suffering people go through, so devestating and horrible. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/humans-of-ny-series-on-pediatric-cancer-at-memorial-sloan-kettering-cancer-center#post-2552668 Thu, 19 May 2016 18:36:20 +0000 Jess1483 2552668@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That series is killing me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/humans-of-ny-series-on-pediatric-cancer-at-memorial-sloan-kettering-cancer-center#post-2552663 Thu, 19 May 2016 18:35:03 +0000 mrbee 2552663@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Have you been following the series on pediatric cancer on Humans of NY? So, so heartbreaking!! This one in particular broke me, about a mom being unable to tell her 7-year-old son that he had terminal cancer:</p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BFmyTJqtrOz/?taken-by=humansofny" rel="nofollow">https://www.instagram.com/p/BFmyTJqtrOz/?taken-by=humansofny</a></p> <p>My son is almost 7, and I just can't imagine... I think I would be able to tell him though. Although I don't know, I mean I'm tearing up just thinking about it! But in Japan, there's a long history of not telling patients what they have and if they're dying... and I've always been opposed to that. So I feel like I would have to tell my kids if something like this happened. Just heartbreaking. My heart goes out to this mom... much love to you and Max!! </p>