Tag Archives: survivorship
It’s not about you
I am going to write about a topic that’s just bizarre to me. It has to do with people who make your cancer all about themselves. It’s a tricky topic to talk about because, as someone advised me, I could … Continue reading
Survivorship: my life illustrated
Can you relate to some of these? Me waiting to hear from my Oncologist office about my test/scan results, because I refuse to call. **************** Half celebrating getting good test results right before wondering how accurate they are. **************** Me … Continue reading
Stuck in between two worlds
The best way to describe my struggle with survivorship is by calling it being “stuck in between two worlds.” Let me start by telling you a story about a writing workshop I attended at Sloan. The panel included writers and … Continue reading
What it feels like to be in the oncology waiting room
My friend Ed recently asked me, “What does it feel like to be in the oncology waiting room?” It was an interesting question. I had seen many doctors in my life, but never a medical oncologist. It feels different to … Continue reading
Decisions after cancer
I thought that going through the treatments for my cancer was going to be the hardest part of this journey (for lack of a better word). I would lose my hair, throw up a few times, be constipated (or have … Continue reading
The small c 