The tech I use to manage cancer
Note: This will be most useful to folks with an iPhone, though there are some Android tools listed as well. Quite unapologetically, I am...
Leveling the field
Trigger warning: I do talk about my prognosis, death, and dying. If that’s not something you’re in the headspace to take in, stop reading...
Bellaversary
One year ago today, I stood at the door to my cancer centre and rang the bell. It marked the end of twelve grueling...
Learning to live with chronic pain
Reaching toward the phone on my bedside table—a halfhearted effort to silence my alarm before it riles the cats further—I am reminded that today will be another spent in pain and discomfort.
A Staring Contest with the Reaper, Pt 2
To live, I must continue not to blink, lest the scythe of the reaper cut me down.
So, I stare back. Unwavering. Stalwart. Tired, nonetheless.
Radiation in the mix
I was going to expound on how today’s oncology appointment was one of the most important of my journey so far, but I realized...
My neck, my back, my tumours and my cracks
Living with cancer is like burning a candle at both ends. One wick is the gentle fire of life. As it melts away the...
Trials and tribulations
The last time I wrote something, I shared that I was pursuing a clinical trial involving a chemotherapy pump that will deliver drugs straight...
HAI, there.
The sound of the intercom broke the silence in an exam-room-turned-storage-closet at Sunnybrook’s Odette Cancer Centre. “Attention, please. Code brown. Flood. Clinic B. 105,”...
Three more under my belt
Stepping into the late afternoon sun from the cancer centre, I can almost instantly feel my skin’s sensitivity to the heat. In the time...