Posts Tagged as ‘cancer’

June 29, 2010

weighing in sucks

For the last year, the scale on the sixth floor of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City has done nothing but torment me. Three times a month, I have to get weighed in, and it racks my nerves each time. You’d think that being slim would be the last thing I’d be concerned [...]

June 8, 2010

pychotherapy misfit

A few posts ago, I mentioned my upcoming therapy session. My doctor, concerned that this whole cancer business might be a bit much to handle, suggested that I talk to someone. Well, my appointment came and went, and it was decidedly uneventful. I talked for 45 minutes, about nothing particularly exciting — cancer, relationships — [...]

June 1, 2010

50′s 60-pound weight loss is only the half

Looking at pictures of 50 Cent’s dramatic weight loss takes me back to 2008, the year I had my surgery and started chemo. It sure wasn’t pretty, but more on that in a moment.   50 dropped 60 pounds — reportedly by adopting a liquid diet and walking on a treadmill for three hours a [...]