We tell ourselves stories in order to live. ~Joan Didion
From the moment lung cancer is diagnosed, you are living with it forever. There are layers to peel away in order to understand what that means, to build a life. You do it one step at a time.
. One recent morning, I woke up and things felt different. I felt alert, curious about the day, and relieved.
. The summer has not been going according to plan. Things started well. Clear scans (YAY!). Bicycling trip along the
I’ve been away from the blog for some time, due to some family illness, as well as some Big Travel.
. Just when you imagine spring with happy anticipation of gardening and bicycling, you get a reminder that you are
Cancer checkups are almost better than a BOGO offer at the grocery store. You have a test, you get
You could have knocked me over with a feather. Although the appointment for the damn CT scan kept sliding from
. Garbage Cat Now that my cat has knocked half of my desk contents onto the floor, I can begin.
. “Of course, a big part of the difficulty of living with lung cancer is that you have to be
A Quick Note This is an unusual post, for me at least, because I’m telling you about something that
Cancer Scan Anxiety <sigh> “Twitchy.” That’s how Dr. Oncology describes the way a lot of her patients feel about a
December 10, 2023 Many people who live with lung cancer are active advocates for research funding. I’m an armchair advocate–
T-minus 14 days until the quarterly glow-in-the-dark refresher and that dang cancer dread scrabbles like mice at the back of
