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Monthly Archives: September 2009
three month check-up
It’s that time again. Three-month check-up tomorrow. With each successive quarterly interval, I have found myself slightly less anxious. There is less of a sense of foreboding. I no longer see the designated date from weeks and weeks away, looming … Continue reading
Posted in cancer, Life After Cancer
Tagged anxiety, bald, bloodwork, cancer, check-up, First Descents, hair, Jackson Hole, liver, routine, stirrups
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the sounds
I have long suspected that the reason I love music so much is because I lack a strong sense of smell. For most people, the conventional wisdom is that smell is the primary trigger for memory. Something else must be … Continue reading
Posted in cancer, Life After Cancer
Tagged cancer, city life, Flippy Floppy, friends, gardening, Hottie Bucks, Jackson Hole, Kings of Leon, knitting, memory, music, noise, suburbs, the Sounds, TLA
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go with what you know
Today, I took a trip part-way down the rabbit hole with one of my clients, a lost and disturbed young man who seems to be, with each passing day, losing his grip on reality. His story, though by no means … Continue reading
Posted in Life After Cancer
Tagged Albert Einstein, cancer, career, child welfare, insanity, Limbo, suffering
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been there, done that
Tomorrow, my cousin’s wife will be starting chemo for breast cancer. She was diagnosed a few months ago and has already undergone a partial mastectomy. When I learned about her illness, I posted briefly over at my Planet Cancer page … Continue reading
Posted in cancer, Family, Life After Cancer
Tagged buttinsky, cancer, Cancer Cape, chemo, control, fear, Jackson Hole, Planet Cancer
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widening the embrace
I have never thought of myself as having an addictive personality. In general, I can moderate my intake of things that are bad for me (ice cream, alcohol, television), and can avoid becoming obsessed with things that are good for … Continue reading
Posted in cancer, Life After Cancer
Tagged acupuncture, Anne, cancer, Cookie Monster, Dr. Freud, First Descents, Hollywood, Indian food, Jackson Hole, Joe, Love Sponge, Pf, Rachel, raiding the kitchen, Texas Hold 'em, treatment
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tongue-tied
First Descents took me well outside of my comfort zone – as advertised – in ways that I expected (physically, socially), but this feeling that I have been left at a loss for words is definitely not something I anticipated. … Continue reading
Posted in cancer, Life After Cancer, Vacation, Writing
Tagged campfire, cancer, donuts, Double-Oh-Seven, First Descent, Governor's School, immortality, Jackson Hole, Larry Boy, Midsummer Night's Dream, secrets
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First Descents: Stills
Still shots from First Descents, Jackson, WY.
Posted in cancer, Life After Cancer, Photography, Vacation
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first descents, jackson, WY: Aug 30 – Sept 4, 2009
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. By that measure, it would take me several volumes and likely many years to capture in writing what happened in Jackson this past week. So I am starting with this video. … Continue reading
Posted in cancer, Humor, Life After Cancer, Vacation
Tagged cancer, First Descents, rock-climbing
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