Infections and Informed ConsentRecently a friend of mine and I were talking about how to navigate relationships. It’s a conversation that more and more people are having, but to cancer patients, it’s a...reactions21comments
From Emotional Regulation to Emotional AcceptanceI’ve been a cancer patient for eight years so far. That’s eight years of balancing symptoms, appointments, tests, treatments, and side effects. Being a cancer patient is a part of...reactions12comments
Surfing the Crimson WaveAunt Flo, Bloody Mary, and The Blob. If you are of the female persuasion you know what I am talking about. I am specifically writing for you, my soul sisters!...reactions11comments
A Crick In Me BonesI thought I was losing it. Going absolutely bonkers. There was this pain and it was sometimes sharp, sometimes dull and achy. Sometimes it disappeared altogether. Other times it had...reactions11comments
Vida Maude Single BelbinMy earliest memory is of my grandmother, Vida, whom we all called Nan. When I was just a toddler she would whisper hymns while rocking me to sleep. It is...reactions4repliesMemory Wall
Project Spew AwayThere was no taste to food anymore. I chewed slowly trying to find it. The texture was revolting without taste. I had already lost 4 dress sizes in three months...reactions9comments
How do you deal with sensitive, itchy, rashy skin?I’ve been on daily oral chemotherapy for 8 years. My skin seems to be getting more and more sensitive. It itches, it rashes, it hates synthetic fibers and burns so...reactions5repliesSide Effects
The ‘C’ WordI started by turning the chemo bottles this way and that before storing them in the highest shelf of the cabinet. Now they looked like any other medication with the...reactions7comments
