In case you didn’t know or remember, the first Sunday in June is officially designated as National Cancer Survivors Day®, so I’m sharing some thoughts about it again this year. For various reasons, I’m just not that into it and I’ll try to explain why in this post. On their official website it says the …
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When I was watching Part 1 of the PBS documentary, Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies, I heard a statement in the opening segment with a certain word in it that immediately hurled me back to when I was diagnosed with breast cancer. Guess the title of this post is a giveaway as to what …
Stating a person lost her/his battle with cancer is insulting! Many people are tired of all the war metaphor usage that goes on in Cancer Land. I am weary of it, too, and avoid it whenever I can. I realize all the fighting and battling words and labels work for some people and that’s fine. …
The other day I found myself sitting in the dentist chair for my semi-annual cleaning and checkup. I had been putting it off for quite some time because I hate going to the dentist. Let me rephrase that, I hate having dental work done. This is sort of mind boggling even to me. I mean …
Nine cancer language traps worth talking about. Words matter. A lot. Cancer words matter too, and it seems to me, cancer language needs an overhaul. The way we describe certain aspects of a cancer experience is simply out of date and worn out. Even when I was a newbie going through chemo, I found certain …