Brightening a Patient’s Day
People are generally good. Most of them are actually pretty amazing. Recently, it seems, I’ve had to remind myself of this more than usual. Covid, inflation, school shootings … basically the local and world news every single night. Personally, I recently trusted a contractor with a project, paid him a big chunk of money and watched him never show […]
Meet Anne … Breast and Sarcoma survivor, amazing mother, and cancer advocate
Do you want the good news or the bad news first? I’m usually one to take the bad news first. You know, rip the bandaid off and save the best for last. How about you? Well, if you’ve happened upon this blog, it’s likely that you or someone you love has heard the word CANCER […]
Why Do You Talk About Cancer So Much?!
A few weeks after being diagnosed, I found one – ONE! – survivor of Small Cell Ovarian Cancer ( #SCCOHT) on social media. Finding her was an *enormous* mental turning point for me. Someone that was like me. Young, healthy, shocked by her diagnosis. Someone I could turn to. To ask questions, cry, and eventually laugh. Someone […]
You Are Not Broken
You are not broken, my love. Perhaps your body looks different. Perhaps you are in pain. Perhaps you feel like a stranger to yourself, your soul feels altered, and people are looking at you in a way you don’t recognize. Perhaps you don’t know what the future holds, and it frightens you. But you are […]
Never Say Never
What I wish I would have known before cancer? Gah-that is a tough one. Hindsight is 20/20, but from my perspective nothing prepares you for the Big C. Though I can share one thing I have learned and continue to learn every day. Never Say Never Cancer was so far off the radar for me. On […]
Why Finding Your Tribe Is So Important
Why Finding Your Tribe Is So Important Everyone handles their initial cancer diagnosis differently. I would have preferred to just deny the whole thing … seemed like the easiest route. But, I was having so much undiagnosed chest pain, I was relieved that something was actually wrong with me. I was beginning to think I needed to be […]