Reasonably Optimistic
Reasonably Optimistic
The Washington Post
I got cancer. And met a different me on the other side.
13 minutes Posted Sep 19, 2025 at 10:30 am.
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After chemotherapy, Post Opinions writer Rachel Manteuffel felt like she was encountering a bald stranger every time she looked in the bathroom mirror. But then came the curls and lots of other surprising phenomena that science hasn’t been quite able to explain. She shares her story and her conversation with YouTuber and science explainer Hank Green, who had similar strange experiences with his post-chemo self.