Interesting to me that on the anniversary date of my total hysterectomy and oophorectomy, I had to drive by the medical center that, not only did I deliver my first baby at, but it
Body pains. Emotional funk. Stomach upset. Existential wonder. Constant as this is, some days it’s next-level loud. Today marks the anniversary of my bilateral mastectomy. The edges of the memories blur only a little due to time passing, but something
A Problematic Metaphor We realllllllly don’t like the out-of-control feeling it is to not understand something. We don’t like it when things don’t make sense. We get antsy and prickly when we can’t explain
I wanna talk about something. . .you know, like I do. . .something about cancer that is rarely talked about among fellow patients, as education for the newly diagnosed, within caregiver groups, and that
Chemotherapy may in fact be one of the most wretched human experiences. I mean it is literal poison. And yet it is also this magic potion that has the power to extend lives. It
Something occurred to me today. It could be that I’m slow on the uptake and this is not a new insight for my fellow carcinomies (that’s what we call each other), but it’s new
It’s peculiar. . . When I think about my cancer story and all that is in it… When I go through it and tick off the big dates, the ones that hold the significant
How does somewhere so crowded feel solonely?And how does a place with standing room only feel soempty? How is it that even on common ground very little iscommon?And how is it that even in shared experiences very little
It’s here! Blog 5 of 5 for Cancer Support Community. August is a difficult month with many difficult anniversaries. In this part 5, I talk about the dark and the light and how each
Milestones. Hmmm. I get it. I do. I understand why we mark specific moments or days or accomplishments. Sort of like anniversaries and I very much appreciate honoring those… But the milestone is a social construct,