Blogs
Fighting Cancer is a Game of Adjustments
I remember hearing somewhere that there’s no such thing as achieving the perfect balance; rather, life itself is an act of constant rebalancing. I've found that to be true in life with cancer.
The Cancer Test Not Taken
Genetic testing is the norm for cancer patients with familial history. How did I let it slip through the crack?
Chemo Side Effects They Don’t Always Tell You About
When starting chemotherapy, I was expecting hair and weight loss, but was caught off guard when my mouth began to hurt.
Starting Chemotherapy: Balancing Knowledge With Naïveté
Sure, knowledge is power, but there’s comfort in naïveté, too, when it comes to expectations for cancer care.
Cancer Helps Me Separate the Wheat from the Chaff
Cancer taught me not to worry about the little things.
A Case for the Human Cancer Survivor in a World of AI
Artificial intelligence is becoming increasingly popular and can even write generic poems about the cancer experience. However, I feel that they cannot compare to the writings of people who actually lived with the disease.
Hereditary Cancer Advocacy and Looking into My Genetic Inheritance
I recently underwent genetic testing to see if I had any mutations that could be associated with an increased cancer risk.
Did I Cause My Cancer Diagnosis?
Lasting guilt gets no one anywhere — especially when it comes to cancer.
A Special Patient With Cancer Made an Indelible Mark
I’m mourning the death of a patient with cancer who I had never met in person, yet I loved and admired her just the same.
The Other Side of Shared Cancer Experiences
After my daughter was diagnosed with cancer, I began to share my experiences through writing, and through that I found camaraderie — and heartbreak.