I catch myself smiling at a funny video on my phone while waiting in line at the pharmacy. Almost immediately, I feel a pang of…
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Remember my great plans to go walking regularly to combat chemo fog? “The best laid schemes o’ Mice an’ Men / Gang aft agley,” wrote…
I stand at the kitchen counter chopping vegetables for soup and hear my mum sigh from the living room. One might wonder how I can…
I sometimes find inspiration for this column in surprising places. Tonight, I found it at the movie theater, during a showing of “Spider-Man:…
I stand in the pharmacy aisle holding a packet of painkillers and feel time split in two. In one version, this is just a simple…
What do the San Diego Comic-Con and multiple myeloma have in common? Does that sound like a very strange question? Am I still stuck…
I keep a ledger that no one else can see. It is not written in the notebook where I record medications and blood test…
On some afternoons, while my mum and I are at the hospital, I notice how long it takes just to wait for our turn. Whether…
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Some people have Christmas in July. Or the Fourth of July. I have nine days of fandom…
Some days, I watch my mother try to stand, and my breath catches. The doctors have warned us about bone weakness — how…
