Suleika’s dreams of becoming a war correspondent were cut short by a devastating diagnosis. Instead, she decided to report from the front lines of her hospital bed. “Life, Interrupted” is an Emmy Award-winning 40-part series chronicling her experiences as a young adult with cancer.

Read excerpts of Life Interrupted below.

Life, Interrupted: Facing Cancer in Your 20s

After my diagnosis of cancer, I moved back into my childhood bedroom so my parents could take care of me. At the same time, I’ve had no choice but to grow up fast. Originally published March 29, 2012 in the New York Times

Life, Interrupted: By a Dog

Ever since a therapy dog visited me in the hospital during my first cycle of chemotherapy in May 2011, I became fixated on the idea of having a dog of my own one day. Originally published December 23, 2013 in the New York Times

Life, Interrupted: The Beat Goes On

Oncology wards, more than anywhere else I know, are musicless places. But on one special day, my friends in the Stay Human Band brought music to my hospital room. Originally published May 24, 2012 in the New York Times

Life, Interrupted: Lost in Transition

“You are being deported,” a surgeon announced to me last fall. That’s a scary thing for a child of two immigrants to hear. After three and a half years of cancer treatment, my doctors had finally pronounced me in remission. I had thought I’d want to celebrate or dance a jig in my hospital gown or throw a rager when I got there. But it didn’t feel anything like the endgame I had imagined. Originally published March 16, 2015 in the New York Times

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