When your cancer experience feels marginalized — have you experienced this? Not a good feeling is it? A topic that often comes up in emails I receive from readers and in Facebook groups I’m in is this one — feeling marginalized, regarding your cancer experience. This can happen regardless of stage, by the way. Have …
Chemotherapy
Breast cancer treatment’s collateral damage — let’s talk about it. Yes, let’s. This post has been sitting in my draft folder for a while. Sometimes, I hesitate to write about breast cancer treatment’s collateral damage (aka cancer crap fallout) that goes on and on and on following a cancer diagnosis. Notice I say, following a …
What should you take to chemo? To say I was scared to death upon beginning chemo is an understatement. I haven’t written about this topic in quite a while, although I wrote about it extensively in my memoir. If you’re interested in reading more about my experience, check that out. Let’s just say, brave and …
Have you read the highly popular comic/novel for young teens called, Diary of a Wimpy Kid? It’s about a middle-school kid who doesn’t quite fit the mold at school or in his family. The story outlines his antics (mostly unsuccessful ones) at attempting to fit in. Admittedly, I have not read this book, but the …
As I mentioned in my previous post, my first book, Getting Past the Fear: A Guide to Help You Mentally Prepare for Chemotherapy has now been out in print for two years. This means I’ve got some books to give away again! Free stuff is always nice, right? Okay, maybe free stuff about cancer is sort …