I am one of breast cancer’s newest recruits. Today is my last day as a civilian. Tomorrow I will have a port put in my…
Liz JohnsonJanuary 20, 2020
I reached out to a friend who had recently battled breast cancer to ask her about her experience. As a neophyte inductee, I was concerned…
Liz JohnsonJanuary 20, 2020
Hello There Beautiful! Yes, that’s you. I know you don’t like your short, curly hair; that you think this illness has aged you 10 years…
Liz JohnsonJanuary 20, 2020
As I face life after breast cancer treatment, I find I have more questions than answers about how to move forward. So I’ve decided to…
Liz JohnsonJanuary 20, 2020
There are some dreams in life even cancer can’t dash. For Michelle Kaplan, that was becoming a mom. It didn’t matter that she was recently…
Liz JohnsonJanuary 20, 2020
This piece was written by Michelle Kaplan who went on to become a mom after her breast cancer treatment (Dear Cancer: You Can’t Have it…
Liz JohnsonJanuary 20, 2020
Sometimes the end of cancer treatment doesn’t mean the end of cancer. Sometimes the treatment takes years. And sometimes, it’s the mystery of what’s yet…
Liz JohnsonJanuary 20, 2020
When Dorothy Donoghue finished cancer treatment two years ago, a wave of relief and calmness flooded her. “I remember, it was May 9th, and I…
Liz JohnsonJanuary 20, 2020
It’s one of those regular check-ups nearly a year out from chemo and your oncologist looks at you earnestly and asks if you have any…
Liz JohnsonJanuary 20, 2020
Hello 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
Dear Cancer: Today I ask you to be your bold, defiant self. To be virulent, naked, unabashed. To stand up to the acidic forces that…
Liz JohnsonJanuary 19, 2020
So there comes a time in this journey where all the battles I can fight are fought. Where all the calls that have to be…
Liz JohnsonJanuary 19, 2020
Late last night, as I fought to hold my stake of the six inches of mattress that wasn’t occupied by my sprawled-out labrador or my…
Liz JohnsonJanuary 19, 2020
There’s nothing like a cancer journey to show you that life’s twists and turns are sharp curves along steep drop-offs. Take my friend Beth Caldwell…
Liz JohnsonJanuary 19, 2020
There should be a billboard outside the doctor’s office the day you’re diagnosed that reads “You’ve just left ‘It’s probably nothing.'” Certainly it should be…
Liz JohnsonJanuary 19, 2020
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