When "healthy eating" and “feeling okay" collide during cancer treatment

  Why it’s not always about “eating clean” when you’re going through treatment I've got some beef with the "veggies at all cost" club, as it relates to going through cancer treatment - and specif...

I Don’t Want to be a “Warrior”: On the Aggressive Terminology Used in Cancer Treatment

I don’t want to be a “warrior.” I don’t want to be “in the fight of my life.” I don’t even want to be called a “survivor*.” Why? Because they are all so aggressive. So angry. So…toxically masculine...

Micro-Advocating: The Spot I wasn't Taking Chances With

I had this spot on my back. It came and went, for years. It was in a particularly tricky place to see, in the middle of my upper back. But every now and then, I’d become aware of its presence when ...

Tips for Going Through Chemo

Let's face it: chemo is no one's favorite way to spend the day. That said, you'll be there for a pretty decent chunk of time, over the course of days, weeks, or months: so you may as well make the...

Working on Your Health Counts as Work

Today, I came home from some doctors' appointments feeling really...weird.  I was a bit spacey. A bit tired. A bit unfocused.  I didn't want to work. But I hadn't done any work all day, and I had...

15 Things I Did to Heal From Cancer

Being diagnosed with cancer means a lot of things. And the healing process is long, hard, and not always straightforward. Here are some of the things I did during my journey, to help me heal. T...

Supporting Someone with Cancer

We’re not taught how to really support people going through difficult times. Often, it's almost like the socially-acceptable response is to fumble over some kind of (even profoundly and wholeheart...

Breast Reconstruction Surgery: Updates + Insights

An update on reconstruction and some thoughts and insights, 5 days post-op.