`Who are YOU?’ said the Caterpillar.
This was not an encouraging opening for a conversation. Alice replied, rather shyly, `I–I hardly know, sir, just at present– at least I know who I WAS when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then.’
A week ago my son-in-law asked [...]
My life is out of synch with normal routines. My life is out of place and distinctly other dimensional. It is not a blur of events. My life is a series of crystal clear moments that cling and stand out brightly like water beads on a spider web. Whether I am visiting [...]
When last we visited I had just finished up a meeting with the Radiation Oncology people at the Huntsman Cancer Institute. I am deep into Cancerland. I am becoming less a confused refugee and more a part of the landscape. Instead of bouncing down the rabbit hole with my head spinning, [...]
Cancerland gets curiouser and curiouser. The one consistent thing about Cancerland is that it changes unexpectedly and gives the poor visitor a bad case of vertigo.
Sunday night we were contacted by the infamous Mad Hatter (the surgeon). He had news from the Cancerland party crowd called the Tumor Board. [...]
For my friends who became a bit confused when first encountering Embattled Christian, Jean Snow and Jeannie Van Orden are one and the same.
Now for my cheerful thought. My husband pointed out to me that this surgery is not terribly dissimilar to those that some people undergo voluntarily in order get [...]
`Your hair wants cutting,’ said the Hatter. He had been looking at Alice for some time with great curiosity, and this was his first speech.
`You should learn not to make personal remarks,’ Alice said with some severity; `it’s very rude.’
The Hatter opened his eyes very wide on hearing this; but all he said was, `Why [...]
Thank you to all of you for your kind words and prayers in recent days….Here is the latest update on Jeannie’s health challenges (some have called them cancer wars, and frankly that is how we think at times)….
I’ve been scrambling after the white rabbit for over a month. I dove into the medical maze and tumbled needle biopsy over scalpel in search of the fuzzy white blob on the CT scan, the nebulous smear on the microscope glass, the elusive identifying protein that would name the cancer.
The white rabbit, [...]
I have been living with the knowledge that I have cancer for over three weeks. It is no longer a surprise every morning when I wake. “Oh, yeah, I have cancer.” As you can imagine , it has brought a great deal of contemplation.
My very first reaction to the phone call from [...]