My maternal grandmother, Dorothy, warned us early and often: ”Don’t get old.” She died at age 83, which seems like an alarmingly short life when…
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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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My heart is full of joy after eight beautiful days on the road. I spent four days in Tucson, Arizona, for the Cologuard Classic, a…
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Friday, February 16, 2024, was a graduation day of sorts. My last appointment with my radiation oncologist, Dr. Joseph Meyer. There was no bell to…
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Bodies of water, whether lakes, rivers, creeks, streams or oceans, never fail to draw my attention. The lovely Sarah and I were richly blessed to…
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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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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…
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I’ve been binge-watching the classic show, ER, the last few weeks. I loved the show when it first ran from 1994 to 2009. It has…
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Learning you need a colostomy, whether temporary or permanent, can be nearly as devastating for some patients as hearing the words, “you have cancer.” As…