It’s been a week so here is a check-in. Things have been pretty rough on the symptom/side-effect front. I did have friends in town this weekend and got to see them a couple times, which was very nice. I’ve been coughing up lots of blood and/or bloody phlegm (a known side effect of several of …
Continue reading “20 Jan 2025 Cancer Crawl: Works in Progress”
One of my favourite Loony Tunes scenes is a rare speaking part for Wile E. Coyote. He is in some kind of hut that reads “Explosives: Keep Out”, filling up carrots with explosive liquid in a plan to finally “get” Bugs Bunny, who is meanwhile using a tractor to pull said hut (which is inexplicably …
This week was supposed to be my “back to work” week and while I did a little email and sent out a couple letters, I did not get very far into my own work. I did successfully go into Radcliffe two days, but Friday was the coughing fit I describe below–which started in the Uber …
Continue reading “12 Jan 2024 Cancer Crawl: radical monopolies and end of life; semi-independent”
Although I regularly assign Audre Lorde’s “Breast Cancer: Power vs Prosthesis” in my disability course, I don’t know that I’d ever sat down and read her Cancer Journals straight through. Having now done so I’m not sure that’s how it was intended. The book consists of three essays, and some of the examples that stuck …
Continue reading “9 Jan Cancer Crawl: old cancer books ][, or Cancer Blog meets Cancer Journals”
Happy new year! I have boring resolutions: keep taking my cancer drugs (hardly counts–I am a compliant patient) and keep doing PT and related exercises in an effort to regain strength and endurance. (Also don’t need much motivation here.) My 2024 in review is absurd and not worth recounting here–you can look back to older …
Continue reading “4 Jan 2025 Cancer Crawl: flareup strategies”
A request before we get into the weeds with this post: I would be very curious to know from other chronically ill friends how you prepare for a debilitating “flare up” or “episode” when you are on your own. Over the years, I’ve learned a lot from years of watching Carrie deal with blood sugar …
Continue reading “29 Dec 2024 Cancer Crawl: shake it like you mean it, or not chillaxed”
“So what are you doing to distract yourself and stimulate your mind?” asked a friend on a recent Zoom call. My reply was “well, I’m rereading some classic cancer books.” Feel free to judge my mental health harshly, but it’s working for me. I’ve finished Audre Lorde’s Cancer Journals and Susan Sontag’s Illness as Metaphor. …
Continue reading “27 Dec Cancer Crawl: old cancer books: Susan Sontag Illness as Metaphor”
