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CANCER MEMORIES: UNEXPECTED MOMENTS OF LOVE AND KINDNESS

January 13, 2020 by

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:

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BOOMER HEALTH: BE HARDER TO KILL

December 17, 2019 by

To new readers, boomer health is a common concern: I had cancer, don’t now, but I don’t identify as a cancer survivor. The category I see myself in is Chemo and Radiation Survivor. Cancer didn’t survive chemo and radiation, but I did. Without the juice and the jolt, cancer would have been a David Survivor.

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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.

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AARP WEED: “DON’T BOGART THAT JOINT MY FRIEND, PASS IT OVER TO ME”

October 2, 2019 by

At some point it had to happen: The AARP went front page with weed, calling it medical marijuana. They covered medical conditions and weed quality and bashful confessions on using weed, marijuana, medical marijuana, cannabis. Pick a name you like. To this boomer blogger it all sounds so disingenuous. Why?

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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 […]

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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 […]

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FIRST LETTERS IN MEMOIR: M E

July 11, 2019 by

I interrupted my blogging career when a story that needs telling appeared. The cancer that jumped to a bump on my neck opened the door to a bigger picture than, “Oh my, cancer in my neck. How did this happen?” I’ll always wonder how it happened, wonder how things would have been without it, wonder […]

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AMERICA: LOVE IT, LEAVE IT, OR STICK AROUND AND MAKE IT BETTER

June 22, 2019 by

America, love it or leave it, is a sentiment that echoes from past decades. The silent generation decided to speak up, finally, when their kids grew hair and talked about what America meant to them. Hippies decided to try and make it better by going to the country, going organic, macrobiotic, and talking it up. […]

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HPV16 CANCER, UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL

June 20, 2019 by

Getting to know hpv16 cancer up close and personal the way Brent King and I have exposes the best intentions from some of the best people. They offer wisdom and sympathy; they’re sorry; they do their best to show they care. Sometimes the caring part is unfamiliar territory, so it gets awkward. I heard it […]

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Dave Mustaine: NECK CANCER

June 18, 2019 by

A facebook page for a blog, like boomerpdx, is a little confusing. Why not leave it all on the blog? Because good advice says reach out.Then the question is how far? No one reads blogs is the word, any blogs, so a blogger with low traffic is just one of millions. That makes everything okay, […]

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