At the age of twenty-five, Kimiko Tobimatsu's world was turned upside down when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. In an instant, she became immersed in a new and complicated life of endless appointments, evaluations and treatments, and difficult conversations with her partner and parents. With tender illustrations by Keet Geniza, Kimiko does cancer is a graphic memoir that upends the traditional cancer narrative from the perspective of a young, queer, mixed-race woman, confronting issues such as dating while in induced menopause, navigating work and treatment, and talking to well-meaning friends, health care professionals and other cancer survivors with viewpoints different from her own. Honest and poignant, Kimiko does cancer is about finding one's own way out of a health crisis.
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