I made a list of cancer memories to use in my memoir. Not all of them made the cut. A book needs the big stuff; these are the smaller cancer memories:
CHEMO: NOTHING FUNNY ABOUT IT, EXCEPT …
October 16, 2019 by
My wife drove me to my first chemo, one of three on the schedule, twenty one days apart. It was part of the program, mixed in with thirty five hits of radiation, for HPV16 neck cancer. It was something I dreaded. Why? The name chemo even sounds bad.
OLD MAN TALKING ELDER HEALTH IN GYM
August 26, 2019 by
An old man, older than me, saddled up on the stationary bike next to mine. I’ve skipped the bike a while but now training for the prospects of pedaling around Paris. Together, the old man and I were biking Beaverton from 24Hr Fitness. My usual question if someone older looks chatty is, “How are things […]
BOOK NOTES: AN UNCOMFORTABLE TASK BUT SOMEONE’S GOT TO DO IT
August 24, 2019 by
What struck me when I started writing book notes were the words from who knows where I found them, but here they are, “You’d better love the the book topic because at some point you’re going to hate it.” And it’s true, except I sort of hated it from the start since my book notes […]
MY CANCER: THE MYTH VS REALITY
August 8, 2019 by
(Spoiler: It’s not my cancer, your cancer, or anyone’s cancer. It’s just cancer and it needs killing instead of you, me, or anyone else.) Calling something as awful as cancer, “My cancer,” doesn’t feel right. I don’t claim ownership, I’ll never claim ownership. My loyal readers know the rest of the story, that cancer gets […]
WRITERS GRIND THEIR GUTS OVER THEIR WORK
April 30, 2019 by
The ads say, “Work from home. Set your own hours. Be your own boss. Writers have the best of all worlds.” Travel the world, soak up the sun, and write about it seems like the message sent. That’s the chair for those writers at the top. Clear sky, blue water, what else would you want? […]
WRITE A BOOK, THEY SAID. IT’LL BE FUN, 2
January 18, 2019 by
What is the goal of writing a book? To get readers to turn the page. Such a modest goal. Should there be any other? I call it a building block, that’s what I call goals. What happens when you achieve your goals, when you have readers turning to the next page. Write another […]
HOW TO #FINISHCANCER TODAY, START AT THE RIGHT END OF THE PROBLEM
December 27, 2018 by
Every cancer patient wants to hear the same thing from a doctor: “The treatment was a success. You’ve had a full response. We see no sign of cancer existing where it had been.” But getting to the finish line of cancer treatment reveals success and failure along the way. #FINISHCANCER today by […]
Colin Kaepernick Kneels For Nike Like I Kneel For Nike
September 4, 2018 by
Do I kneel for Nike? I sure do, but it’s more in awe than anything else. Nike is awesome. So is Colin Kaepernick, but I don’t kneel to him. For some reason the Kaepernick Kneel is an irritant instead of a call to action. It is a call to action, right […]
Neck Cancer: Part of Oral, Head and Neck Cancer
July 9, 2018 by
OHNC, for oral, head and neck cancer sounds more like a government agency, as in “let’s meet at the OHNC building and go from there.” Except no one wants to go anywhere near OHNC any time. Speaking from direct experience, No One Wants To Go There. Any Time. But here we are. […]
