Dignity matters. A lot. How do you maintain your dignity when you’re a cancer patient (or any kind of patient) and feeling pretty darn vulnerable? Note: This post is also available as an audio via the Library. Let’s talk about it. Ensuring a patient’s dignity should always be a top priority for care providers, maybe …
Reentry, back to normal, new normal. Where have we heard this sort of terminology before? All this “back to normal, new normal” talk is yet another parallel many of us have noted between the pandemic and cancer worlds. There have been a lot of parallels. I mean, a lot! This does not mean the experiences …
It’s my pleasure to share the next #MetsMonday Featured Post. This one comes from Kristie Konsoer, a fellow blogger, educator and Wisconsinite. Kristie was diagnosed with de novo metastatic breast cancer in 2012. She writes a wonderful blog titled, Finding A Way. Be sure to leave her a comment or ask her a question at …
That pretty much sums up where I’m still at 11 years out. Yep. 11 years out. That’s me. Every spring about this time, I find myself in a reflective sort of mood about this entire cancer shit show, which is what it is. A journey it is not.
It’s time for some book talk, AND I’m excited to tell you about a new eBook too! April 23 is World Book Day. I try to talk about books around this date every year, specifically, cancer books.
Did you know April is National Poetry Month? It is indeed. I have great admiration for those who write poetry. Putting ideas, feelings, stories, experiences or whatever into words for an essay or blog post is one thing. Doing the same in a far more succinct way via poetry, is quite another.
