Tag Archives: cancer

widening the embrace

Posted on September 13, 2009 by Emily

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 →

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tongue-tied

Posted on September 8, 2009 by Emily

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 →

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first descents, jackson, WY: Aug 30 – Sept 4, 2009

Posted on September 6, 2009 by admin

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 →

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sliced and diced

Posted on August 27, 2009 by Emily

Every so often, usually when I am falling asleep, waking up, or lying on the table getting acupuncture, half-conscious, I am gripped by a feeling of pure, unadulterated incredulity about the fact of my cancer.  More specifically, I think about … Continue reading →

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cognitive dissonance

Posted on August 23, 2009 by Emily

This is not the time to do this, but I need to start at least.  I am fried after this weekend, spent with two new friends – a wonderful young couple – from cancerland.  A whirlwind, a welcoming.  Apparently I … Continue reading →

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serious (or funny?) as cancer

Posted on August 20, 2009 by Emily

Is cancer funny?  Let’s see:  I’m funny, and I had cancer.  By the transitive property, does that make cancer funny?  Not quite sure. This question has been on my mind a lot in recent days, after seeing Judd Apatow’s sweet, … Continue reading →

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happy birthday to me

Posted on August 16, 2009 by Emily

Birthdays, like most things, feel a bit different after cancer.  Before cancer, I was sometimes subject to a phenomenon my husband and I refer to as the “birthday blues.”  This could take many forms, usually involving a thought pattern that … Continue reading →

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the dark side of the moon

Posted on August 10, 2009 by Emily

NOTE:  Hopefully sometime within the next week, this post will appear over at Everything Changes.  Thank you, Kairol, my heroine, for giving me the courage to do this for an audience beyond Planet Cancer. I am not mystically inclined. I … Continue reading →

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GOING WIDE

Posted on August 8, 2009 by Emily

A few days ago, one of my friends from Planet Cancer asked me if I would compose a guest post for her young adult cancer blog.  I felt like the coolest guy in school had just asked me to the … Continue reading →

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