I never signed up for this…..and one of the major items on that list was cancer. So you’d think—and I certainly thought—if I was fortunate enough to survive, the last thing I’d want for the rest of my life was to have anything to do with cancer ever again. I never would have imagined […]
Cancer Survivors: a community of climbers
Cancer is complicated. There could be no more poignant example than Robin Roberts. Her situation illustrates that being a survivor can be complicated too—confounding, confronting, and confusing. Even starting with the word itself. It can be confusing to know exactly what is meant by cancer “survivor.” So for the first time in the 18 […]
Surprises of survival
I would never have imagined it. Any of it. This morning when I found out today was National Cancer Survivor’s Day and wanted to put it on Facebook—I actually had to stop and think—how many years has it been, anyway? The fact that my brain didn’t automatically spit out a number was (a senior moment?) a surprise. In […]
no star shines brighter
She studied the stars—and no star shines brighter than she did. When Susan Niebur died today, the blogosphere lit up with memories, tributes, and love. After my last few weeks of sadness, I planned to be writing about something cheerier–but right now I can’t write or think about anything else. Susan was an astrophysicist, one […]
Thanks Unexpected
I never signed up for this….. I don’t often repeat those words though they sum up so much of what I blog about. This includes the post I recently wrote about my ex-husband Howard, his illness, and his girlfriend Dina; and it also includes most of my life since Thanksgiving. Before we’d even digested the […]
How Heidi Klum can improve the health care system
…Because you might not realize that fashion can be bad for your health. Seriously. (Disclaimer: I have no stats or scientific studies to prove this. Just read this post and decide for yourself. ) The thing is, we’re living in a time of incredible progress; when the world changes in nano seconds. In hospitals, where […]
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