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He Thought He Had to Handle Everything Alone | Ashley Usiskin on Cancer and the Gift of Help
What happens when you’ve spent your whole life figuring things out on your own—and suddenly you can’t?
Ashley Usiskin was a fit, fiercely independent 49-year-old when unexplained bruising and blood blisters sent him to the hospital. He was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma and a rare autoimmune disease. During treatment, accepting help became part of getting through it. Asking for it meant questioning a belief he’d carried for years: that he had to handle everything himself.
In this honest conversation, Ashley reflects on where that independence began, including losing his mother when he…
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