Hell Week

It’s amazing how fast something can change in a hospital. Chaos can break out at any given moment. One day you can almost bear the pain and the next thing you know you’re fighting to stay out of intensive care. One second can be the difference between life and death:...

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Third Time’s The Charm

The anxiety builds up inside my body as the sun sets over the beautiful city of Tucson and the mountains fade into the darkness. For the third time I find myself staring hopelessly at the ceiling.  Part of me wants more than anything to be readmitted to the hospital, to...

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Senior Lovin interview

After two false starts, the 3rd cycle of treatment is finally underway. I was admitted this morning and chemo started this evening. More on that soon.  In the meantime, my interview with Senior Lovin was published. Cancer is going down! When were you diagnosed with Leukemia? I was diagnosed with...

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Strong

Cancer, it makes you weak, and just as soon as it becomes manageable it hits you harder like an arrogant reminder of who’s really in charge. Constantly I am reminded that I’m a control freak with no control. In order to get better I have to accept weakness; surrender everything...

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Blindsided by AML

On November 3rd, 2014 I was admitted to Tucson Medical Center for a “Chronic Migraine.” As I left my house, I left with every intention of being back home within a night, two nights tops. When I walked out the door I didn’t  know that it would be the last...

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