A comment on my 12 Tips for Cancer Patients entry deserved a more prominent placement. By John Mark Eberhart, husband to the late Sherri Eberhart: 1. You are NOT sick. No matter how understanding you think you are, you can’t comprehend this disease till it is IN YOU. 2. You, too, will be tired, sad. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘caregiver’
12 Tips for Friends & Family
Posted in Cancer, tagged caregiver, support on January 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sherri, the Stereotype
Posted in Cancer, tagged cancer survivor, caregiver, goodbye for now, sherri eberhart on October 12, 2008 | 4 Comments »
When I started blogging a few months ago, I wasn’t sure what theme would emerge. But one day I tried out a tag cloud and the word cancer screamed in 48-point type. (I decided the tag-cloud widget was not for me.) My irresistible topic turned out to be the stereotypes that are laid on patients [...]
It Sucks to Be Me
Posted in Cancer, tagged avenue q, broadway, caregiver, humor, sucks to be me on October 6, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I know only too well the interior monologue of the cancer patient, but I wonder how accurately I can depict the mind of the friend or caregiver. I’ll start with the patient’s semi-coherent, conscious or subconscious cry of pain: Noooooooooooooo! Get me out of here! Save me! Don’t let the bad man come in my [...]
Of Wigs and Men
Posted in Cancer, Writing, tagged cancer humor, caregiver, christie buckner, sherri eberhart, wig on June 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There’s a fine line between the moving and the maudlin, and every day writers attempt to walk that tightrope. Disclosure: I know John Mark Eberhart, the book editor at The Kansas City Star and author of the essay ”Living With Cancer: 6 years under its insidious shadow, hair and wig jokes are powerful comfort.” [Ed. note: [...]
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