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Pins and Needles
This will be a succinct summary of what’s gone on since my last post and what my calendar squares are being filled in with. No, I haven’t stopped…
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Affirmations
It started the day I checked in for my first chemotherapy infusion. Just past the reception area, I noticed a table on which sat a large basket filled…
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What Do I Know?
Over the past week I’ve been working on a new blog post, but then new information arises, things change, and what I’ve been writing becomes inaccurate or just…
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Looking Up
3:47 a.m. A few seconds after awakening, I glance out the window and register a skyful of stars plus the faint, familiar glow above the northern horizon. To…
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Truth in Advertising: Side effects of chemotherapy
Baldness. Puking. Fatigue. These miseries likely come to mind when you think of chemotherapy. At my first oncology consultation in August, I was given a folder full of…
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Barbershops and the Kindness of Strangers
On Sunday, August 25, we had the extended family over for photographs and Sunday lunch. After the last of the pictures were snapped but before dishing up, we…
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