When I was about 21, I felt a hard place at the top of my right breast. Of course, I started worrying that I might have breast cancer, but I was too scared to call the doctor about it. But when I went for my next check-up, I told him I found a lump. He felt it and said, “That’s not a lump. That’s your... Read more
So many sad stories can make hanging around in the cancer community
downright depressing some days. Even the stories of triumphant survival
include permanent loss. The surgery and drugs that save lives often leave
side effects like lymphedema or neuropathy.
This week eleven years ago, I had a biopsy for
a type of... Read more
Maybe you're the one the office staff turns to for a tribute poem at the retirement banquet. Maybe you write whole plays in rhyme for the children's program at church. Maybe you haven't thought about poetry since the dreaded 8th grade poetry project.
Whatever your past experience with poetry, try using it to help you through... Read more
Telling people that I had cancer was one of the hardest parts of the experience. We had moved a thousand miles away from family and friends just a few months before my diagnosis, so most of time I shared the news in a phone call.
The calls were difficult. Most people hadn't even known that I was having a biopsy, and now I was... Read more
You've just been diagnosed with cancer. What's the first thing you need to do? Buy a notebook!
OK, maybe not the very first thing, Cry. Tell your family. Do some reading.
But early in your new life as cancer patient and survivor, you will need to get organized. You are going to have to keep... Read more
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