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after {cancer} thoughts

after {cancer} thoughts

I’m new

As I dip my toes into the dating world after a 12 year relationship and a world-warping cancer diagnosis, I know that as I’ve been…

Oct 11, 2023

Oct 11, 2023

after {cancer} thoughts

the second shoe

What time is it?! I need to know what time it is, right now. I’m woozy and tired and wrapped in a cocoon of fog but I think I see a clock…

Oct 11, 2023

Oct 11, 2023

after {cancer} thoughts

I’ve had a shit year

Difficult because I had no symptoms. Not like a toothache where, once the tooth is pulled, there might be difficulty chewing or a place for…

Jun 30, 2015

Jun 30, 2015

after {cancer} thoughts

every three months

The process is so gradual that for weeks I don’t even realize it’s happening. The slow buildup of tension…

Feb 20, 2015

Feb 20, 2015

after {cancer} thoughts

the first shoe

“We’d like you to come in to discuss your test results.” The office around me telescoped out into silence as this sentence pulsed in my ears

Dec 2, 2014

Dec 2, 2014

after {cancer} thoughts

and it felt good

It dawned on me today, 18 months later, that I might not get cancer again.

Aug 24, 2014

Aug 24, 2014

after {cancer} thoughts

after {cancer} thoughts

“I am confident there are no more shoes to drop, but that doesn’t mean you aren’t still bruised from those that have already fallen.” ~my oncologist, Aug 2013

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