Onco follow ups do a number on me. In my head I can stay rational (for the most part) but my soul and my gut…….those are a different story. In the weeks leading up
Since June’s theme has been ‘Simply Show Up,’ I’ve chosen to really live into that. There have been many days where the time in the life being lived was unable to also accommodate the
I’m sitting here considering what to write and all I can focus on is how desperately I want to crawl out of my own skin. Today the cancer-claustrophobia is strong. (I didn’t post yesterday,
All throughout today, I have found my mind in the days between my mammogram & ultrasound appointment and my biopsy appointment. The images and smells, the pit in my stomach, the lump in my
Today – a tribute to the caregivers. From my vantage point as the patient, this is what I know: My caregivers are the glue when everything feels broken. They are the muscles when I
My head is in 100 places. I can’t seem to gather a straight thought. I’m distracted. I’m preoccupied. I’m emotional. I’m anxious. The funny thing – I was reading Through the Looking Glass and
Okay, so as I was reading about TweedleDee and TweedleDum, a couple of things came to mind. First off – they are their own little “both+and,” no? You don’t get one without the other
In my upside-down world, not feeling well has a whole different meaning. The memories of chemo gut punch my soul. The anxieties of recurrence paralyze my mind. Talking becomes too hard. Thinking becomes even
I was going to write yesterday but I just didn’t feel like it. I had a bad day…..and today has followed suit. Ugh. I am stuck in skin I don’t want to be in,
And the theme of March will be grace. Grace upon grace. grace [ greys ] noun. a moral strength; the influence or spirit of God operating in humans to strengthen them; the freely given, unmerited favor of