A new direction

Sick Cookie is about to get a makeover. Soon it will be a repository for stories that revolve around childhood cancer survivors, and the long-term effects they often suffer because of the very treatments that saved their lives.

As most of you know, I am a childhood cancer survivor. In early January, I will celebrate my 18th year as a survivor. In my life, I have been a cancer survivor longer than I have been a non-cancer survivor.

I have been lucky thus far, no major long-term effects, yet. But that doesn't mean something won't happen. The number of childhood cancer survivors grows every year thanks to advances in treatment. As a member of one of the first generations of childhood cancer survivors, I feel it is my duty to tell our story.

I start today, with a nice package from the Los Angeles Times.