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More time together

Tue January 24, 2017

I recall someone mentioning that one of the things they enjoyed during treatment was all the extra time they spent with their spouse. This is something that had not…

I almost didn’t go …

Tue January 17, 2017

Celiac

My proposal for a paper presentation at the Health Humanities Consortium Conference in Houston in March was accepted. When I was first accepted I was really excited about it.…

Fear – the neighbour that just won’t go away

Sun January 15, 2017

Emotional Journey

I've been thinking in metaphors lately - perhaps because I'm reading some autoethnographies that seem to describe experiences using metaphors. As I read through and tag / analyze blog…

Emotional memory

Wed January 11, 2017

Emotional Journey

I'm finding it a little weird that lately I've been having memories - almost flashbacks but not as vivid - of the time around my diagnosis. We aren't at…

2016 – A Year in Selfies

Mon January 2, 2017

Emotional Journey

I love to take selfies when I hike. I'd like to share my year in selfies ... some of you might recognize yourself in the pictures :-)

Yesterday I climbed a mountain

Thu December 29, 2016

Emotional Journey

Don’t look down, I keep telling myself as I step across the rock strewn path. I look down and see a clear path, 500 feet (ok maybe only 200…

December 17 – Just another day

Sat December 17, 2016

Emotional Journey

Today was a typical Saturday. At 6am my alarm goes off. I roll out of bed and make myself a cup of coffee. I look at the thermometer and…

New hair day

Fri December 2, 2016

Emotional Journey

I'm a little obsessed with my hair. Not in a need to be a fashionista kinda of way, just in a way in which my hair fell out, and…

Survivorship plans

Tue November 29, 2016

Emotional Journey

There is a theory that at some point after active treatment you have an appointment to review a survivorship plan. That is, what do you need to know and…

Health (illness) bloggers

Mon November 28, 2016

Emotional Journey

In my literature review for my research I came across a great article (Keating & Rains, 2015) on the social support health (illness) bloggers receive. The article does a…