Category Archives: Life After Cancer

First Descents: Stills

Posted on September 6, 2009 by Emily

Still shots from First Descents, Jackson, WY.

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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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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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down the shore everything’s all right (or is it?)

Posted on August 13, 2009 by Emily

I had been looking forward to this little jaunt to the Jersey shore with my nuclear family for several months, knowing that it would be my only real vacation of the summer (save for an upcoming First Descents rock-climbing outing … Continue reading →

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turn, and face the strange

Posted on August 10, 2009 by Emily

NOTE:  This post will also be showing up soon at Everything Changes. Somewhere in Cyber-space, a fellow inductee into the world of early menopause said, “Menopause does not mean you suddenly develop an irresistible impulse to start shopping at Chico’s.” … 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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hot as a hairdryer in your face

Posted on August 10, 2009 by Emily

Heat.  I am not a fan.  We’ve actually been pretty fortunate this summer, as it’s Augsut 10th and I think this is really our first unspeakably hot day.  As in, leave-the-airconditioner-on-for-the-pets hot. A year ago, the week I finished chemo, … Continue reading →

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