Tag: cancer

Sharing my cancer story. It might be helpful, it might be interesting, it might be informative.

  • Free stuff for cancer patients!

    – Updated 6/14/26 – I’d been having trouble finding a good, ad-free list of free activities and experiences for cancer patients/survivors, and so decided to make my own collection, organized by who they are for. None of these are virtual nor have residency requirements, other than living in the US. Not listed: support groups, grants,…

  • Tales from a clinical trial

    I’ve wrapped up my first (but hopefully not last) clinical trial! Last October I was tipped off about this trial by my group facilitator at the Harmony Hill 3-day Cancer Retreat I attended. She suggested I might want to apply. The doctors running this trial are looking at the effects psilocybin has on relieving anxiety…

  • The right care team

    I’ve settled on one particular support group as being the best fit for me: LACNETS, which is a 90-minute Zoom meeting once a week. I like it for several reasons. It focuses on my my specific kind of cancer (neuroendocrine), it’s a good blend of emotional support and practical advice, it’s very professionally run, and…

  • One year after surgery: a retrospective

    I’m still coming to terms with my new identity as a life-long cancer patient, as well as the transition from Librarian to not-Librarian. Most importantly, however, I have absolutely been loving being home after school with my daughter and eating dinner together. With my previous schedule, on an early day I’d get home at 6:45pm,…

  • The decision to stop working

    Ever since my metastatic diagnosis almost exactly a year ago, the idea to stop working has been in the back of my mind, but I just wasn’t ready to make the leap. In the two months between my diagnosis and the Big Surgery I was in crisis management mode, focusing on tying things up, both…