Cancer And Financial Toxicity
johndabell Cancer hits your pocket hard, really hard. It is one of the costliest illnesses that you can encounter. Many of us get dragged into poverty because we are unable to…
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Cancer And The Kitchen Sink
When you are in a pickle, sometimes you have to throw the kitchen sink at a problem. When I first got a Stage IV head and neck cancer diagnosis, my…
Cancer And The Rio Carnival
When I was told about my first Stage IV head and neck cancer, one surgeon suggested I had a choice – have surgery to remove the cancer with ‘no guarantees’…
The Asset Model And Cancer
A change in ability status can happen at any moment and cancer certainly changes who you are. Cancer equals loss. There is a loss of control. It robs you of…
Cancer And Distractions
Cancer is all-consuming mentally, or, it can be if we let it. Mind demons can wrap us in barbed wire and keep us inside a compound of stress and anxiety.…
Get Lost To Find Yourself
When you get an incurable cancer diagnosis, it’s common to go into freefall. I certainly did. I was terrified and the fear was real. I also felt incredibly lost and…
Cancer And Metanoia
If there’s one thing that a cancer diagnosis brings about and that’s metanoia. Metanoia means to change your mind and have a new perspective on the world and/or yourself. Cancer…
Shakespeare, Cancer And Stage Presence
As the immortal bard reminds us: “All the world’s a stage; And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances;” Although medical references are…
Jenga And The Cancer Brick
Life is a Jenga tower and the cancer brick is in there somewhere. This stealth brick holds all the chaos. Pre-cancer, you build your base and keep adding bricks without…
Cancer And Being A Polymath Patient
Getting an incurable cancer diagnosis means that all work stops. And then the real work begins. Given only 2 months to live, it was a very easy decision to stop…