From Cancer to COVID: Giving Ourselves Permission to Dream

I have found there to be many parallels between the COVID-19 experience and the cancer experience. There’s the fear that likes to creep in as I am trying to fall asleep. There’s the Groundhog Day like quality of each day at home. There’s a need to stay focused on the present because the future is... Continue Reading →

April 20, 2020 8

The Fear

I read a great book when I first found out I had to have chemotherapy called Tea & Chemo by Jackie Buxton. She has a section titled “The Fear”. I love how placing a “The” before fear captures its magnitude and weight. For me, the fear is about the cancer returning (recurrence) as it seems... Continue Reading →

October 3, 2019 8