livingpathography ∼ BC Becky

Recurrence and hormone therapy

Wed November 22, 2017

Even since Cancer Research UK posted an article reporting on a research report by Pan et al (2017), I have seen a lot of discussion on the topic of hormone…

Authentic smiling as a coping mechanism

Sat October 28, 2017

Two years and counting

In doing my PhD research, one of the things I noticed is that I took many pictures of myself smiling. This was done in part because I wanted to…

Are you your disease?

Wed October 18, 2017

Survivorship

My research looks at the first 35 weeks of my personal experience with breast cancer as I've documented it on this blog. A couple of the themes associated with my…

The complexities / interplays of trust

Tue July 11, 2017

Emotional Journey

One of the "themes" that has emerged in my dissertation study is that of "learning about the disease". When I look at the types of information I shared on…

Infusion-fatigue

Wed June 28, 2017

Two years and counting

As I work through my research data coding, I'm having to read and re-read and re-read... the BCBecky blog posts from the beginning through February 3, 2015. Some of the…

Not fighting a battle – the closure to the narrative is death itself

Sun May 21, 2017

Emotional Journey

Recently, I read a book chapter by Arthur Frank (2009) titled “The necessity and dangers of illness narratives, especially at the end of life”. It got me thinking. One…

Remission society and mourning my fantasy future

Tue April 25, 2017

Emotional Journey

I apologies to those who read all my blogs, as I am cross posting this. I'd love to hear answers from the various readers of my different blogs. I want…

Circle of 6

Thu April 6, 2017

Opinion

One of my students is using the Circle of 6 app in the course she is designing. In looking at the app, I found myself thinking that it might…

Overwhelmed with a huge sense of denial

Fri February 10, 2017

Emotional Journey

As part of my PhD research, I'm reading through this blog. It is an interesting experience. I wrote the blog, but I haven't really read it. And I certainly…

Identity

Thu February 2, 2017

Emotional Journey

As part of the PhD process, I've been reading through my blog from the beginning. I wrote it, but I have never actually read it - at least not…