Lea GroverComplications of Cancer and CoronavirusMike spent a few days in the hospital this week. His brain was bleeding. This isn’t exactly to say cancer treatment isn’t going well. It’s…Apr 30, 2020Apr 30, 2020
Lea GroverThe Exhaustion of the Brain Cancer BridePeople keep asking me how I am, and I do not know how to answer. How am I supposed to answer that question? What does it even mean?Sep 4, 2019Sep 4, 2019
Lea GroverWhen Morning Comes to the Neuro-ICUThe view from my husband’s room in the ICU is beautiful. Greenery, architecture; water that shimmered in crisp blues before darkening into…Aug 28, 2019Aug 28, 2019
Lea Grover“What Happens if Daddy Dies?” Parenting through GlioblastomaI just happened to be walking past while my mother was putting the kids to bed. I’ve been doing that a lot, happening to be places where…Aug 23, 2019Aug 23, 2019
Lea GroverRape Culture and Government, a #SAAPM microcosmOne of my favorite teachers of all time, the late legendary Tom Dodd of Community High School in Ann Arbor, MI, was known for being…Apr 8, 2019Apr 8, 2019
Lea GroverThe Best of All Possible Worlds: Lea sees the Time KnifeEvery year when I get my eyes dilated, I have the same strange sensation. Not only that things are brighter and blurrier, but that every…Feb 8, 2019Feb 8, 2019
Lea GroverFuck Cancer: A long-overdue rantA disclaimer: this is a very angry rant. It’s the kind of rant I have been holding back for eleven years. It is now spurred by the things…Sep 7, 2018Sep 7, 2018
Lea GroverHot Dogs, Birthdays, and Life’s Big QuestionsYesterday was my husband’s thirty-sixth birthday. He has lived a third of his life knowing he has brain cancer.Aug 20, 2018Aug 20, 2018
Lea GroverTwice A Week, the NRA Reaps Our ChildrenRecently, I’ve been thinking a lot about the labels of loss.Feb 15, 2018Feb 15, 2018