When cancer enters your life, it can feel like it takes over the calendar, the body, and the future. It can also take over the mind. Thoughts show up fast, loud, and convincing, especially on the hard days. This is where This Mental Shift Changes Everything: treating your thoughts less like facts you must obey,…
Read moreCategory: Musings Along A Cancer Fighter’s Journey
Might a modest tale heal the way you face your own battles? I write about what it is like to be a cancer warrior, so I ask myself now… What power do these words truly have? They are just moments on my journey that capture some fear, hope and defiance of mine. Through blogging, I have a platform to express that innermost essence and see what depths or courage emerges in the most unlikely places. Whether you’re in the midst of it, walking a similar path by her side, or holding space from across a collective biosphere—let these reflections be our rebuke once more—that courage is not far away; finding strength and leading with brave hearts are just who we truly are lifted to see.
Energy Budgeting: How to Spend Your Good Hours Wisely
Energy budgeting without the guilt or stress On Tuesday, I woke up with only four good hours in me. Not four hours of sitting on the couch scrolling, four hours of being able to hold a conversation, finish a task, or remember why I walked into the kitchen. After those hours pass and the fog…
Read moreYou’re Not a Full-Time Cancer Patient (Even If It Feels That Way): Finding Yourself Between Appointments
The part nobody warns you about isn’t only chemo days, scan days, or the day you hear your cancer diagnosis. It’s the quiet after. The hours when you’re home, the calendar looks almost normal, and yet your mind keeps checking the clock like it’s waiting for a nurse to call your name. If you’ve been…
Read moreManaging Stress During Long-Term Cancer Treatment: Practical Strategies
I lived through six years of cancer treatment. I also know that being told to “stay positive” can feel pointless at best, and cruel at worst. Long-term treatment stress builds in its own way. This isn’t one hard sprint. It’s waking up each week and realizing the finish line moved again. Side effects stack. Plans…
Read moreA Life of Perpetual Treatment: Fatigue and Shifting Hope
You sit back in the infusion chair again. It’s your third year. The fourth protocol. You can’t even count the times you’ve heard, “Just a little longer,” “Just a few more months,” or “Let’s try one more thing.” What started as a short-term plan has become your life. I know this kind of fatigue. Not…
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