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Category Archives: psychosocial oncology
Jamais reposé
This clinical trial, while I think it’s doing wonders for my cancer, leaves me feeling tired, like the kind of tired when you have to get up earlier than usual to attend a conference for work or something and it’s … Continue reading
Words matter (Part 2)
The second part I’ve been trying to figure out how I can spend a lot of time writing about cancer without having to refer to people as survivors. For the purpose of simplicity, I’m just going to refer to them … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, psychosocial oncology, The language of cancer
Tagged Dr. M, PAC, people affected by cancer, policy, rhetoric, survivorship
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Appropriate
These are the drugs I take on a daily basis: Bupropion HCL XL, 300 mg, norepinephrine-dopamine reuptake inhibitor; depression. Citalopram, 40 mg, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor; anxiety. Mylan-zopiclone, 15 mg; insomnia. These are the drugs I take on a regular, … Continue reading
Nyctinasty
I have an affinity for flowers that close and open depending on the time of day. I was ready to come here and write about how I don’t know why they do it, but that seemed lazy and lacked curiosity, … Continue reading
Posted in psychosocial oncology, Second recurrence, this is me
Tagged musings, ovarian cancer, time
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The third first impression
Greetings from the bathroom floor. It seems this third cycle of chemo is presenting itself with that most stereotypical of side effect — nausea. I’ve just been hanging out here, dry-heaving for the last 45 minutes. Thought I’d dodged it. … Continue reading
It is what it is
My oncologist told me I should play the lottery. There’s a fluid pocket beside your bladder, she said. It’s probably nothing, but maybe it should be drained. I’ll let the surgeon decide. She knows better. If it would go wrong … Continue reading
Good times
The last two days have been good. Maybe I mean the last two days I’ve felt good. I’ve been existing in this state of increasing anxiety for a couple months now. I’ve never felt as much that a human is … Continue reading
Back to the races
You use humor to deal with your situation, my doctor said at my visit last week. I guess you can say that, I replied. It’s pretty dark, but then what about this isn’t? Yeah, it is. But why do you … Continue reading
Posted in Indignities of the human body, psychosocial oncology, Second recurrence, Uncategorized
Tagged Dr. F., recurrence, support
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