The New York Times ran a really great column recently written by a prostate cancer survivor. I probably shouldn’t call him that, because his entire piece is about how words are irrelevant when it comes to cancer, including how cancer patients identify themselves. Fighter, warrior, survivor ― all inadequate, says author Dana Jennings. Cancer just [...]
Entries from March 2010
March 22, 2010
i’m over it
I was hoping to tap into my creative juices to pen something poignant about health care reform. You know, history in the making and all that good stuff. But the more I tried, the less successful I became. And then I realized that after a year and half of reading and writing about health care [...]
March 10, 2010
don’t make my cancer flare up!
It’s been a rough two weeks filled with delayed freelancing money, a lot of bickering at home, and a virus-infected computer. To put it plainly, this Slayer has been stressed. And that isn’t a good thing. I am a true believer in the mind-body connection, so after I was diagnosed, I made a [...]
