These Are My Scars is a personal blog sharing the experience of living with metastatic lung cancer as a young woman. Its author describes herself as a “Lifer” and uses the site to offer insight into life with the disease, while highlighting research taking place in lung cancer care. The site also has an advocacy purpose: raising awareness of lung cancer and challenging the stigma that it is exclusively a “smoker’s disease,” as well as assumptions about what someone with lung cancer looks like.

Visitors can explore blog posts, background information, links, and media content. The site also lists a shop and media and consulting offerings, though the available information does not detail specific products or services. These Are My Scars provides a personal perspective on cancer alongside an effort to inform and shift public perceptions.

Its message draws on the idea that difficult experiences can leave lasting marks while also shaping strength and character