breast cancercancercancer what makes you tick? It’s an evolution not a revolutionHello old friend. It’s been a while since I’ve written and so much has changed. At the beginning of the year, you know, the month…Liz JohnsonJanuary 20, 2020
Those Words Aren't In My Dictionary The Brave New World of Stage IV CancerRecurrence is a funny world. It’s the one thing we all dread until it happens. I think it’s because our brains are meant to solve…Liz JohnsonJanuary 20, 2020
it's what you can't conceive that succumbs you....PS: You live anyway A Note From The Changed to The About To ChangeThere’ so much to tell you, so much you won’t be able to listen to. So I’ll start simple. Overwhelmed, right? Don’t worry, that passes.…Liz JohnsonJanuary 20, 2020
Color Me Resilient Resiliency Training- What It’s Really Going to Take to Bounce backA friend handed me a newspaper article offering eight tips on ways to develop resiliency. When I read them it hit a nerve. The tips…Liz JohnsonJanuary 20, 2020
Neither Immune Nor Aware of What I'm Going Through Time may change me, but I can’t waste timeWhen you hear someone’s died of cancer and you have cancer, you can’t help but look to adjust your watch. What kind of cancer, you…Liz JohnsonJanuary 20, 2020
You Ask Too Much of Me How Alan Rickman Got Me Through ChemoI swear it wasn’t a crush, although I’ll admit, Alan Rickman is easy on the eyes, even at nearly 70. No, it was something he…Liz JohnsonJanuary 20, 2020
Not again An Unfaithful Body and A Change of SceneryMy body is cheating on me again, or so my doctor suspects. Harmless flirtation, she says. Just being friendly, she tells me. And I sooooo…Liz JohnsonJanuary 20, 2020
What page are we on??? The Unbearable Lightness of BeingInterval healing. That’s what my scans revealed. I’m still trying to figure out what it is or maybe where it is. Somewhere between not where…Liz JohnsonJanuary 20, 2020
Are You Kidding Me???? From Patient to Profit CenterTurns out CVS Caremark has found a cure for cancer: induce a heart attack so there’s no fear of succumbing to the deadly disease. This…Liz JohnsonJanuary 20, 2020
don't laugh Ibrance RomanceAS GOOD AS IT FEELS, LIFE’S ABOUT TO CHANGE AGAIN An oversized brown box arrives on the front porch. Inside is a plastic bag. Inside…Liz JohnsonJanuary 20, 2020
This Merry-Go-Round Doesn't Have a Brass Ring You Can’t Go Home AgainAs hard as I try, I can’t go back to who I was. There’s nothing like a bad haircut to remind me of that. I’ve…Liz JohnsonJanuary 20, 2020
Pain No Gain Another Call of DutyI’ve spent the day writing apology emails to the people I blew off this week after being called up for active duty as a Breast…Liz JohnsonJanuary 20, 2020
admiring the viewcancer Hope, the Ship We Sail UponHope. That’s really what this blog is meant to be about. I think sometimes I forget that as I struggle day-to-day with the newness of…Liz JohnsonJanuary 20, 2020
cancerNot who I was and not who I am going to be Not who I was and not who I am going to beLiz JohnsonJanuary 19, 2020
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