Laughter and Other Medicine

I have these two distinct thoughts about how my life could be 5 years down the road:
1- successful physical therapist with some kind of long-term life plan
2- patient lying in a hospital bed dealing with lymphoma or breast cancer as an effect of my radiation

I don’t like option 2. It was never an option before but sometimes it seems inevitable. Telling myself that option 2 will never be a reality is nearly impossible for me to do because it seems so close to me. When i think about option 2, i think about all that i have already been through, and i think about survivorship. There are moments when I’m happy to be a survivor and there are moments when I despise it with every fiber of my being. I don’t want to think about things like option 2.

By Mary Brolley

Getting through cancer treatment is like surviving a siege.

When it’s over, many patients resume their lives and don’t look back.

For others, though, the experience compels them to help others in the same situation.

So they keep a foot in the world of cancer treatment by…

—Eliza’s Adventures with Cancer. On being a survivor. This blogger has all my support, and then some.
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“In this day and age thyroid patients should not have to be fighting tooth and nail - usually when they are at their lowest and vulnerable - to get adequate treatment. If you agree I hope you’ll consider signing the petition.”

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Today I’m celebrating life. And napping often, as always.

How will you celebrate?

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stuff healthy people say to sick people

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