by AuthorSue | Oct 3, 2021 | Uncategorised
Cancer comes with its own vocabulary. We’ve already learned about clear margins, PETscans, stomas, ports, intraoperational lasers. The latest addition to the list is scanxiety – the anxiety one feels as she/he goes into one of a long series of...
by AuthorSue | Sep 17, 2021 | Uncategorised
I started to wear my jeans again. For the past six months, due to the nature and location of my tumor, I have only been able to wear sweatpants and trousers with tie strings. But this week, I ventured into my closet, took out my most worn jeans, and cautiously put one...
by AuthorSue | Aug 21, 2021 | Uncategorised
It’s hurricane season. We’ve recently watched a new tragic storm hit Haiti. My thoughts and prayers are with the people of that small island, especially now as I await a potential big storm to hit my own island home. Thirty years ago this weekend, my...
by AuthorSue | Jul 26, 2021 | Uncategorised
This will be my last post for a while. Next week I head back to the hospital for what will be my second, and presumably last operation of this portion of my cancer journey. The goal is to reconnect the bits that needed disconnecting and to get my own personal plumbing...
by AuthorSue | Jul 20, 2021 | Uncategorised
It is a common truism these days that your body is wise. Trust your body. It knows what to do. I have heard that a lot over the past few months. Hell, I’ve said it a lot myself. And I do believe it to be true. Your body is a miraculous organ that often knows how...
by AuthorSue | Jul 14, 2021 | Uncategorised
I had an unexpected and difficult week with a setback which, while not life threatening at all, has really stopped me cold. I was doing so well – exercising, working, socializing, eating, drinking, basically living my life as myself. And then… I’m happy to...
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