Tag: chemotherapy
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Three Things My Doctors Said
I have three specific encounters with three extraordinary doctors that shaped who I am as a patient as well as what I know I need from the doctor/patient relationship.
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Positivity Free Zone
We aren’t supposed to be happy all the time, always productive. There is a place for darkness and sadness and despair.
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Reflecting Back & Looking Forward
I am six months post transplant and full of hope and gratitude. Take a moment to thank your beautiful, wonderous, amazing, incredible and unique body.
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Dear Kerry: a letter to my Captain
This is an open letter to my transplant nurse, my captain, my friend.
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HSCT Q&A
I asked my followers-turned-friends if they had any residual questions about HSCT or my MS journey. Here’s a curated Q&A.
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In sickness and in health… or not
I now have the mental and physical bandwidth to focus on something other than staying alive and fighting for my life. That means shedding light on the other major update in my life: I’m getting divorced.
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My big list of how to help (because we need it)
Don’t ask the sick or recovering friend how to help, tell them your three ideas and let them choose.
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How do you define health?
Comparison is a ridiculous endeavor when it comes to defining health because most illness is invisible. As Theodore Roosevelt said, “comparison is the thief of joy.”
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Life Lately: September 1, 2022
Today marks day +63. This has been the longest summer on record. It’s all new. There’s no planning. And I have to be fine with that.