I’d always heard that people should wait a year before volunteering at MD Anderson, so they could make sure they were “over it” after finishing their cancer treatments.

But even when treatment is over, it’s not completely over — at least, not in your head. So, I don’t know who is ever “over it,” because I don’t think you ever really “get over” having cancer.

I just knew when I was capable of being helpful again after a breast...