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Hello, I am Jacqueline Meehan. At age 36, I was diagnosed with cervical cancer. In August 2004, I had a radical hysterectomy. Overwhelmed by the drastic change in my life, I began to write poetry. I wrote my first “Cancer” poem on July 25, 2004. Never a poet before, I wrote to express feelings that I wasn’t able to talk about. To get through cancer treatment, I assumed the role of being a strong and optimistic woman, a “female warrior” in a sense. But inside, I had feelings of anger, sadness and fear which were not being addressed.