[Ed. note: First posted on August 5, 2008. Reposted for Veterans Day 2009.] I just finished watching the final episode of The War, the 15-hour Ken Burns documentary on World War II that premiered almost a year ago. Last night I watched episode five, FUBAR, which seemed long and padded. The show swung wildly from prosaic [...]
Posts Tagged ‘cancer survivor’
The War Within
Posted in Cancer, tagged cancer survivor, pbs the war, quentin aanenson, veteran, veteran's day, world war II on November 10, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Cancer Survivor Manifesto
Posted in Cancer, tagged cancer survivor, eternal sunshine, kate winslet on June 3, 2009 | 8 Comments »
“I am not a concept.” Famous last words from Clementine, aka the glorious Kate Winslet in the best love story you’ve never seen, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Like Clementine, I too am not a concept, but I am sometimes treated like one. I am a cancer survivor, but I am not brave. I’m [...]
Hollywood Ending
Posted in Cancer, tagged 1984, cancer sucks, cancer survivor, stepford wives, vertigo on January 5, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I get hate mail. My CANCER SUCKS message does not go over well with everyone. Some people are offended by what they perceive as negativity. Perhaps they think I will “infect” them, and thereby seal their doom. Cancer survivors may dutifully trundle off to chemo and radiation appointments, but in their heart of hearts they [...]
Gratitude, Come Hither
Posted in Cancer, Writing, tagged cancer survivor, oncologist, ovarian cancer on November 25, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Post-cancer gratitude can be elusive. Many gratitude books and sites populate the world, but I believe gratitude forced is not gratitude, but rather an I’m-eating-my-broccoli exercise, often followed by acute indigestion. Like most writers, I put a high premium on honesty. But one man’s honesty is another man’s lack of social graces. You can’t just [...]
Cancer Is a Killer, Not a Lifestyle
Posted in Cancer, tagged cancer survivor, caregiver fatigue, empathy on November 21, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Does cancer make you uncomfortable? Of course it does! Disfiguring surgery. Treatments that make patients bald, pale and weak. Teeth falling out or turning brown. Missing fingernails. A large elastic bandage worn on the arm forever. Chronic pain. And on top of all that—for way too many—a death sentence. Hey, what’s not to like? It’s [...]
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