I didn’t expect to become a student again at this stage of my life. But cancer doesn’t ask permission before it starts teaching. Six years into this journey, I’m still discovering things about myself I never knew. Some of them surprise me. Some of them I wish I didn’t have to learn. All of them…
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“Living With Guilt During Cancer: A Doctor’s Story of Illness, Family, and Healing,”
Key Takeaways• Guilt often becomes a constant companion in cancer, touching caregiving, survival, emotions, genetics, lifestyle choices, and even relief.• Most cancer-related guilt punishes rather than protects; it drains energy from healing, relationships, and daily life.• Survivor guilt and “relief guilt” come from the search for fairness and control in an unfair universe, not from…
Read moreThe Questions I Hear Frequently
Some mornings I wake up to the sound of birds singing and the smell of coffee brewing. It’s a normal miracle that another day has begun. And before my feet hit the floor, the questions are already there. They live in the space between sleep and waking, in the time it takes me to check…
Read moreWhat I’ve Learned: The Forever Part Nobody Warns You About
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…
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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