I’m going to frame this post using the word “cancer,” but it can apply to any long-term illness, as my family well knows. The word “caregiver” refers to a person tending to the needs of the sick person, whether on an everyday basis, or through regular small, helpful acts. When someone you love is sick, […]
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I Was Radioactive In A Padded Yellow Room
This post is part of a series on cancer. Here are the previous posts: Cancer-Free…But Maybe Not; My Cancer Story; “The Girl With Cancer.” More stories to come, throughout February and possibly into March. A few years ago, I wrote a short story for a writing class where I described a character going through radioactive […]
Cancer Is A Connector: “The Girl With Cancer”
Back when I had cancer, there was no Facebook, no blogging, no Twitter. There was no easy public outlet for my fears and emotions, no simple connector. There were only real people, real conversations, and a high school-aged girl with cancer, unable to express herself through spoken word. I’ve been humbled and gratified by the […]