My Colon Cancer: semicolon, not full stop – When life gives you cancer, make a punctuation pun.

Musings, narrative

My First Dance with NED

June 11, 2018 — 23 Comments

Musings, narrative

A Profound Lack of Profundity

May 14, 2018 — 6 Comments

Cancerversary: out of the shadows and into the light

March 27, 2018 — 12 Comments

The Waiting Game

February 10, 2018 — 11 Comments

Find What’s Available

December 8, 2017 — 13 Comments

Musings, narrative

Recovery

October 7, 2017 — 10 Comments

Musings, narrative

The Final Countdown

August 20, 2017 — 31 Comments

The Real Warriors

July 15, 2017 — 0 Comments

Musings, narrative

From inoperable to operable

June 16, 2017 — 14 Comments

Mothering on Mother’s Day with Terminal Cancer

June 2, 2017 — 9 Comments

These are my thoughts about life after a cancer diagnosis. I may not be wise, but I find myself highly amusing.

Colon cancer is some serious shit (no pun intended). For information and support, visit the Colon Cancer Alliance. You can make a donation to CCA here, in honor of people like me, hoping for a cure.

I will be documenting my cancer journey here and on social media, partly because I’m a middle child and need the attention, but mostly because colon cancer deserves some air time. It is incredibly treatable when caught early, but devastating once metastasized. Screenings are not free unless you are over 50, and most people under that age have to beg their doctors for a colonoscopy. The symptoms are easily overlooked and ignored, so I will be shouting from the virtual rooftops, as loud as my hashtags allow: Learn the symptoms and don’t explain away pain! Talk to your doctor! Listen to your guts!