Angela JonesBest Girl.She picked me. That always puffed me up with pride. I drove to Eugene on a rainy November day in 2015. Brendan and the girls were at the…Aug 5Aug 5
Angela JonesPainNobody tells you that radiation hurts worse after you get through it. At least that’s how it’s going for me. A week out from treatment I…Jul 241Jul 241
Angela JonesJizoSome days the radiation hurts. It can be a painful ripple of energy that dances on the skin. Just barely there but also overbearing. Today…Jul 121Jul 121
Angela JonesDiagnosis SwitcherooThis whole cancer thing started with eczema on my palms. Or at least that’s what I thought started it — that’s what I was told by my young…Jul 92Jul 92
Angela JonesTake on meOne week into radiation and I shudder a little. Parking near the loading dock, twisting the knob and walking down the few short steps and…Jun 281Jun 281
Angela JonesA Protest, an alarm & golden slippers“Listen to your body, but don’t give in to your body. Like, if it tells you to stay in bed all day, go on a walk.”Jun 222Jun 222
Angela JonesFuck off, Elmer’sAbout two and a half weeks after my surgery I felt a searing burn under my post-op bra. The first time I noticed it, it was in the evening…May 18May 18
Angela JonesThe Reassuringly Odd MRIWhen you find out you have cancer things become both weird and frightening. This often happens all at the same time. There’s a surreal…Apr 9Apr 9
Angela JonesThe time my bravery turned to vomitMy eyes opened suddenly. Something was wrong. I looked at the phone and it was one in the morning. What the fuck. My stomach was churning…Apr 5Apr 5