Cancer & the Domino Effect A cancer diagnosis sets off a domino effect like none other. In my case (if I don’t count my mother’s diagnosis), the first domino toppled on Easter 2010. My cancer domino effect was set in motion. Easter was when the chest pain started. Chest pain led to wait and see. …
Cancer diagnosis
Being a parent and receiving a cancer diagnosis at any age is hard. It doesn’t matter how old you are as the parent. It doesn’t matter how old you are as the child. Well, that’s not entirely true, but… When a parent is diagnosed, what do you tell the kids? I’ve been on both sides …
Are you ready for spring? I am. Then again, I’m not. I’m “dragging my feet” a bit. It doesn’t much matter though because ready or not, spring is here! Signs of spring are everywhere. Temps are rising. Robins are back. Early spring flowers are “timidly” sprouting, allowing us glimpses of green. The ice has disappeared …
I’ve been around now for a fair number of Februarys (never mind exactly how many), but two seem to stand out in my mind and it’s no surprise they are “cancer Februarys.” Of course cancer stomps around all year doing its damage, but some months seem to have a more permanent imprint etched into them, …
I read somewhere (unfortunately, I threw out the magazine where I read this in one of my rare cleaning-out moments of the New Year) that a typical cancer diagnosis eats up about a year of a person’s life by the time all is said and done. Really? Is that all? What is a typical cancer …