After a great visit today i am greatful to have received an offer to play at @AQWomensBBall!! Thank you Coach Morris and Coach Fisher for this great opportunity. @M_B_A_Bball
April is Esophageal Cancer Awareness month. In 2019, we joined forces with @esrailian and @UCLAHealth to honor our father & establish the Robert G. Kardashian Center for Esophageal Health at UCLA. Since then, the program & its incredible team have helped countless patients, saved lives, provided hope for the future. We are just getting started, the center continues to grow & we look forward to helping our community even more in the future!
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A year ago today my best friend Erika sent me and our other best friend this text message.
At the time we didn’t realize this moment would change our lives forever and 11 months later she would be gone. She was 31 years old and 34 weeks pregnant when diagnosed with stage 4 Pancreatic Cancer.
I remember this moment vividly. I was sitting on my phone watching TikTok after I had just posted a video. A minute before I was blissfully unaware of the complete shit show life would become.
I didn’t understand at first. I’ve never known anyone with cancer. When Erika told us, I thought it wasn’t a big deal. I thought it was something she could “just get scraped out”.
The few days that followed included me not eating or sleeping, sitting on the edge of my bed as I called in every favor I could to get Erika into a top hospital as she waited to be induced to give birth so they could start chemo immediately.
I took on the roll of being the messenger for our college friend group. I started a GoFundMe. I begged people for help on Twitter. I’ve never been so desperate for help and answers in my life.
Life is much more fragile than anyone wants to realize. Within moments Erika, and everyone who loves her, lives completely changed. A month since she’s passed and I miss her non stop. Not a second goes by that I don’t think about her. Even the way I exist in the world is completely different now.
I know that she’d want me to use my platform to bring awareness to pancreatic cancer, especially the way that many families still have a lack of answers and resources post-diagnosis. I hope to continue to do that. 💜
i don’t think there’s anything more beautiful than having people in your life who make you feel emotionally safe. who welcome you into a judgement free zone. people who possess the maturity to calmly speak about any troubling or difficult topic that may arise. that’s special.