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
June 17, 2021 · by · Leave a Comment
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
June 16, 2021 · by · 2 Comments
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
June 11, 2021 · by · 3 Comments
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
May 5, 2021 · by · Leave a Comment
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
April 28, 2021 · by · Leave a Comment
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
April 3, 2021 · by · Leave a Comment
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
March 20, 2021 · by · 8 Comments
"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
March 20, 2021 · by · Leave a Comment
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
March 8, 2021 · by · 1 Comment
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...]
