Route 66: A Metaphor for the Cancer Journey
johndabell Sixty-six. What’s special about that number? Well, it’s the number of immunotherapy ‘spa’ treatments I can add to my CV as of tomorrow afternoon. Sixty-six. That’s a lot of treatments…
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65 Rounds of Resilience: The Spa That Doesn’t Pamper
Today marks immunotherapy treatment number 65. No massage. No mimosa. No cucumbers on the eyes. No lavender candles. Just the cold click of the IV stand, the slow drip of…
Fifty Shades of Cancer
Cancer is not sexy. Not in the least. It is categorically unsexy. Or is it? There is a much wider meaning of ‘sexy’ that cancer thriver Kris Carr taps into…
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: All The World’s A Stage
Exit stage left. Exit stage right. As a Stage IV head and cancer patient, I’m not interested in leaving the stage. I intend to stay on it for as long…
Making Sense Of Cancer
Is it possible to ever make sense of cancer? Cancer appears to make no sense whatsoever. Why would the body attack itself and press the self-destruct button? Isn’t this biological…
Cancer And Micawberian Optimism
When you have cancer then it’s important to adopt a positive outlook. It helps to be stubborn. It helps to be a contrarian and an outlier. It helps to have…
Cancer And Giving It Some Oomph
When you give it some oomph, you give it some welly and a bit of clout. You give it power, strength and put some mustard on it. There’s no mistake…
Cancer And Impossible Odds
Sometimes the odds are stacked against us. Sometimes they are so overwhelming, there appears to be no beating them. Odds are you are out of luck. But the odds are…
Cancer And Stick-to-itiveness
Stick-to-itiveness. It’s not an elegant word is it? It does serve a purpose though and a very important one. If there’s one thing I’ve committed to since being told I…