The precarity of life — the topic I write about most often these days — made itself known again this weekend. Precarity, to me, is…
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Fighting Back Giving Back GratitudeFive percent is everything: Reflections on 12 years of survivorship
March 27, 2024, marks 12 years since I was diagnosed with what turned out to be stageIIIB rectal cancer. 4,383 days. Bonus time. Time that,…
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I’ve written before of my abiding love for The Road, the late Cormac McCarthy’s spare novel about a man’s journey to get his young son…
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It’s been a month since my oncologist released me from his care after 10 years of being a cancer survivor under surveillance. It was and…
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Dear Mr. President, I expect you get thousands of letters each week so I hope this one makes it to your desk. I got the…
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One of my favorite actors on one of my all-time favorite shows is making colostomy news this week. And not in a great way. Friends…
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In my post-cancer life I’ve had the pleasure and privilege of being involved in several great organizations, including the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network,…
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WASHINGTON, DC — In a city of traffic and noise, Constitution Gardens on the National Mall is mostly silent save for the crunch of footsteps…
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BRANSON, Mo. — I can scarcely wrap my mind around the events of the last two days. I’ve been privileged to participate in a retreat…
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When I experienced my first colonoscopy in 2012, saying ”bottom’s up” beforehand was laugh out loud funny. Ten years later it still is, but my…