When I wake up in the morning, I do the same things in the same order: Examine the pillbox. Send a text to my mum…
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I have quite a lot of friends who are caregivers like me. Every day and night, they provide care, attention, and company to their patients,…
There is an unspoken rule that seems to apply to all cancer caregivers. It goes something like this: You should always be serious, present, and…
I have 27 browser tabs open on my laptop and 33 on my phone. They range from grocery lists with foods low in sodium to…
The word “caregiver” usually conjures up images of hands-on support: providing comfort, helping out with everyday tasks, and managing medications. However, for those of us…
I still remember what happened in 2022 after my mother received her myeloma diagnosis. I was sitting by her side in the hospital room.
“Nobody is reading any of those essays you caregivers write,” a healthcare provider once told me. The following week, a stranger emailed me: “Your…
When I recently read that former U.S. President Joe Biden had been diagnosed with prostate cancer and it had spread to his bones, my heart…
I wanted to scream at my mother last Tuesday when she insisted on skipping her medication because she didn’t feel like taking it. While she…
I’ll never forget the day that my mother was diagnosed with myeloma. That was when the word “son” was entirely erased from my identity.
