Category: Cancer Story
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Mental Time Travel
Written March 10, 2022 Day 14 I woke up pain free this morning With the clarity that provides, I wanted to share a trick I learned from Mood Lifters for the tough times When I’m in a bad spot, when all I can do is breath, I find myself imagining standing at our wedding listening…
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Lucky #13
Written March 9, 2022 Day 13!!! Oddly, it’s mine & Karla’s lucky #! I wore #13 playing lacrosse and I used to say “luck has nothing to do with it” I’ve actually been thinking a lot about my time as a lacrosse goalie, & how painful that could be, & when people would ask why…
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Pain expands us
Written March 8, 2022 Day 12 (let’s call it Tom Brady day) Pain is…getting crazy And here’s the thing…the pain is because my body is fighting cancer We purposefully created this toxic environment so I can beat this…and it’s going to be okay when we’re done. So, my Squamous Cell Carcinoma: You’re on Notice (4…
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Love and Despair
Written February 3, 2022 Day 9 An excerpt from Matt Haig’s “The Comfort Book” on Love/despair “Albert Camus said, ‘There is no love of life without despair of life.’ When I first came across that quote I thought it was empty and pretentious and more than a little bleak. But as I grew older the…
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Beauty and Terror
Written March 1, 2022 Day 7! Almost missed my massage being preoccupied with getting sick in the bathroom – made it with 3 minutes to spare – an hour later we’re sitting in the sunshine with breakfast So many lessons this morning. On learning how to best take care of myself right now: “We escape…
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The King of Rock & Roll
Written February 28, 2022 Day 6 & Start of Week 2 of 6!! Sweet sister taking me to blood work by 7:00 AM & a quote by the King of Rock & Roll “when things go wrong, don’t go with them” Chemo & radiation may tear down my body, but they cannot tear down my…
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A reason to smile
Written February 27, 2022 My sweet sweet nurse friend told me she has a face case patient just like me & the patient was so sad and discouraged with how she is & looks, so my friend told her about me & showed her how I look even a few weeks post op & the…
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Here’s hoping
Written February 25, 2022 Day 5 High 5 might be the best one yet Not going to lie & say it’s been an easy week… The Comfort Book by Matt Haig reminds me “Hope isn’t the same thing as happiness. You don’t need to be happy to be hopeful. You need instead to accept the…
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Day 4 of 30
Written February 24, 2022 Day 4 snow capped mountains on the way in, wonderful piano, befriended two women at radiation, delicious cream of wheat at the cafeteria, & my sister will be here tonight!
a small hope 