Cancer-Related Writing & Podcast / Round-Up

Cancer Connections Podcast What Happens When Biography Becomes Biology? A Survivor Explains Published in the Patient Empowerment Network Love … [Read more...]

Cancer Connections Podcast: Cancer, ACEs & Trauma with Cissy White

In our first three episodes, we heard from expert physicians about the connection between stress and disease, people who have defied the odds in … [Read more...]

Seeing the bloom

I inherited a dwarf day lily from my sister-in-law several weeks ago. She shared it and I got it in the ground quickly. I expected nothing this year. … [Read more...]

Drained

Note: If you don't like medical pictures you might want to skip this post as there are a few included. “Hardship is not the problem,” Anne Lamott … [Read more...]

12 Secret Names of Cancer

Soul-crushing cell proliferator Maximum-tolerated dosing pharma incubator where my body once was Ender of life lived with any sense of … [Read more...]

Professional Joy Stalker

I was thinking today that I might make t-shirts and coffee mugs that say, “professional joy stalker” and come with a list of blissful things to remind … [Read more...]

Love is not an ember going cold: Parenting with metastatic cancer

When cancer is malignant, fluid can build up around the lung and heart, or inside the abdomen. One to ten liters can accumulate which can make it hard … [Read more...]

Dying Ain’t Dead

"Can I toss these?" my guy said grabbing the vase of wilting daffodils. "No," I shouted. "Please, no. I'm trying to find the beauty in dying," I … [Read more...]

Father Paul Abernathy Webinar, Trauma-Informed Community Development, & My Goodbye to ACEs Connection

On Tuesday, March 16th, 2021, the Transform Trauma with ACEs Science Film Festival community co-hosted a discussion with Father Paul … [Read more...]

How Cancer Treatment “Treated” Me: A Graphic Story

Cancer and fun rarely go together in a sentence but when creativity, curiosity, and a community gather to combine words and images to capture our … [Read more...]