When someone asks you “How are you?” I’ve discovered you can tell whether they’re simply looking for you to reply “okay” and move on, or if they’re looking for you to be honest, and to be able to listen to whatever your response may be.,Six years of radiation, surgery, Stem Cell Transplantation, CAR T cell…
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Was It Worth It?
A few weeks ago, my palliative care physician asked me a simple question that nobody had ever asked me before – “Was all that worth it?” She knew I had been receiving treatment for my cancers for 6 years now – 6 years of chemotherapy; a stem-cell transplant that provided me with 6 months of…
Read moreThe Space Between Fear And Hope
When life breaks open, you meet aspects of yourself you never intended to meet. This is for the time, the space between fear and hope, the day to day, and the act of waking up to face another day. Cancer brings doors you had no intention of opening, and it doesn’t ask permission. It enters,…
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Palliative Care Doctor: Palliative care, in medicine, is the specialty of caring for patients who have chronic illnesses such as cancer; the goal is to help patients achieve a good quality of life by controlling symptoms and stress and providing emotional and spiritual support to patients and families. Palliative care can be provided along with…
Read moreHow We Experience Challenges
For some reason, I never expected to learn something new after having bone marrow cancer for six years – but I did. Most of the “enormous” challenges I experienced did not last anywhere near as long as I thought they would. We usually don’t expect to hear something like that when we’re in the midst…
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