I hand my mum her morning tea and notice the way she adjusts her grip on the cup without saying anything. In that small movement,…
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One of my very first columns asked, “Where’s my secret decoder ring?” That was because it’s easy to become overwhelmed by the many names…
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…
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…
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