Stable scans are a win, but they’re a hard win. Scanxiety has entered the chat.
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Waiting Games
In the movies, when someone finds out if they have cancer, it’s pretty quick. Someone is sitting in a doctor’s office. Everyone is solemn. The doctor looks at the chart, sighs heavily, and says something poignant like, “Well, it’s cancer.”… Read More ›
Ten Worst Things to Say to Someone who has had a C-Section
I’ve had five c-sections. Only one of them was “planned.” Yes, I labored four times for too many hours, pushed for too many more, and still ended up in the OR having my babies by scalpel. I had three different… Read More ›
Twelve Days to Live
It turns out that I have around twelve more days to live. This was my final assessment after going online to research the symptoms that started plaguing me almost immediately after wading in some stagnant water. Stiff neck, headache, fever…. Read More ›