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So I was having dinner the other night with 2 friends who are young cancer survivors like me and we were talking about the label “survivor”. We don’t like it. We really have never felt comfortable calling ourselves that. And when does that actually take effect? After diagnosis? chemo? surgery? done with active treatment completely? […]
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After Treatment, when the “Head” Game starts
February 22, 2012 – 3:11 am
The other survivors and my oncologist warned me about this. It happens when your adrenaline stops pumping, when you no longer live moment to moment but you start thinking as far in advance as the next day or the next week. The “head game” starts when you no longer see your oncologist every other week […]