Tag: coping

breast cancer, musings, self-care, survivorship

closing a few doors…

photo: prague castle, october 2012 This cancer thing is pretty humbling. I gotten through the diagnosis, the surgery, the chemo, the worst of the side effects and sort of thought I’d be able to bounce back quickly. Not so much. I was warned by the team that it’s not going to be a fast transition back to a full-life as a cancer survivor. I listened … Continue reading closing a few doors…

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breast cancer, chemo, musings

being a cancer patient

photo: italy (cinque terre), august 2009 I really sort of fell sideways into being a cancer patient. I went from having a large lump that needed to come out, just because of it’s size, to learning that in that lump invasive cancer had already taken hold. From June to early November 2020, I thought I just had, at worst, a pre-invasive cancer. Suspected DCIS. Once … Continue reading being a cancer patient

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