- Feb 6
- 8 min
"You still take a dump in war."
My anxiety and depression developed when I was a teenager, and life always felt overwhelming. I longed for an escape, something that...
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- Dec 6, 2023
- 5 min
COVID, Chemo & A Crying Baby
About halfway through the first section of chemo, I started reading about the next set of meds I would be receiving: Doxorubicin and...
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- Oct 20, 2023
- 5 min
"3 Months Down!"
...the neon pink, orange, and green sign tacked on my door declared. My buddy, Dominique, and I were driving home from my last Taxol...
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- Aug 22, 2023
- 6 min
I am going to be bald.
I was surprisingly calm the morning of my first chemotherapy, scheduled for Friday at 11 am. The baby woke up at 6:45 am, and we started...
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- Aug 10, 2023
- 4 min
My cousin, Dave.
I spent many childhood summers with my brother, Tommy, and three boy cousins, David, Dean, and Jimmy, on the central coast of California...
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- Aug 3, 2023
- 2 min
"You are now entering the twilight zone."
Dr. R recommends installing a port to save my veins from the numerous weekly pokes I will receive. A port is an implantable device placed...
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- Aug 1, 2023
- 4 min
"The goal will be for a cure."
Before my diagnosis, I did not know how or what a cancer medical team or treatment looked like and operated. It's funny how, when you are...
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