Music as Medicine: My Cancer, Songwriting & Chemo-Brain Healing
About 15 months ago, a subtle but profound shift occurred. Beyond the life-altering cancer diagnosis in 2019, a quieter, more unexpected change took root. Music, …
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For This Next Dance With Chemo, I’ll Be Wearing My Blue Suede Shoes
About three weeks ago I started getting winded on the elliptical and even climbing a single flight of stairs left me out of breath; soon …
Life on the tightrope with metastatic cancer
Living with metastatic breast cancer feels like walking a tightrope, quarter to quarter, between scans. It’s a constant balancing act of living in the moment …
This is me!
To best appreciate this post, I’d encourage you to play the music first or while you read it. This song is from “The Greatest Showman“, …
My eulogy to my Tub Talk Partner
In June 2019, we quickly went from being two strangers, sitting at opposite ends of the tables for a “Breasties” coffee meet up where we …
Survival guilt : living among the dying
I know it sounds strange that I would claim I have survival guilt, which is typically reserved to victims of a unplanned traumatic event such …
Don’t feel sorry for me. I don’t.
Since restrictions have eased, I’ve been out more and have had the opportunity to meet some new people. When they learn about my cancer, several …
COVID-19 + cancer = community connectedness
COVID-19 is tough. COVID-19 + stage 4 cancer is even tougher. The people around me, from family, friends, acquaintances to complete strangers offering help, have …
From grieving to reframing – Coming to terms with terminal cancer
Here is the second part of my post. This portion talks about how I processed and eventually came to terms with knowing that seeing my …