Survivorship strategy: distract yourself
Take a load off. Watching a video like this helps me to stop worrying about myself and puts the world in perspective. The universe is far beyond my own terrestrial problems. View from the ISS at Night from Knate Myers on Vimeo.
Together we’re giant: forgetting about brain cancer for a day
Which team is the best in Major League Baseball? The San Francisco Giants, of course. If you’ve read more than a couple posts here on my blog you may have figured out that I am a Giants fan. And lately some of my posts have focused more on baseball than on cancer. But I’m in...
Screw “watch and wait”… keep fighting
What to do while you’re waiting for your cancer to come back It sounds pessimistic, but let’s be real: even when you are moving on with your life and enjoying survivorship or remission, you still worry about cancer from time to time. Now that I am done with treatment I feel somewhat powerless. Brain surgeries...
Pets and cancer
Can owning a pet count as palliative cancer treatment? I’ve heard there is a correlation between owning a pet and a reduced cancer risk. It has something to do with pets helping lower stress and blood pressure. I no longer worry about getting cancer (HA!), however, I do want to improve my overall health–and maybe...
Liz is a warrior
I do not pretend to know what it is like, but I think I am gleaning what troubles Liz about the use of the classification of her as a “survivor”. Liz has what is presently an incurable form of brain cancer. Someday we hope a cure will be found but unless and until that occurs...
National Brain Tumor Society refers tumor support to Imerman Angels
The National Brain Tumor Society recently sent an announcement that they will be discontinuing their Patient Line and Support Network to instead focus more on research and public policy. While I am bummed about the discontinuation of the patient support network (as I was one of the support peeps) I totally understand the decision made...
A little tumble down the stairs can’t keep me from fighting cancer
Seriously. When have I ever let anything get in my way when it comes to cancer? There is the battle itself. Seizures. Surgery. Rehabilitation. Chemotherapy. I can handle it. And now that I live with cancer I’ve transitioned into a passionate cancer advocate. A few weeks ago a cancer-friend of mine, Kim, recommended I join the...
Reading list
Have a brain tumor or other neurological disorder? Interested in how the brain works? Want to kick ass and defeat your disease? Check out some of the books on my reading list. (This list will be updated as I finish new books.) The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, Siddhartha Mukherjee An Anthropologist...
Don’t put your faith in holographic stickers
A co-worker sent an email (to all 250+ of us) saying he’d just read an article that linked cell phone usage to brain tumors. OK. That’s a fair warning. Then he included a link to a website where we could purchase a holographic STICKER to put inside our phones that would supposedly protect us from...
Hair health for people on Temodar
It’s been about two full months since my last week of Temodar. I got a haircut over a month ago but lately my ‘do has been looking like a don’t, so I made an appointment to get another haircut today. If you don’t know what I look like, you should know that I’ve had short...
Cancer tattoo; it’s going to be badass
I like tattoos, in case you didn’t know. I don’t have a whole bunch of them, just 2 or 3 large-ish tattoos. (I say 2 or 3 because two of them kind of go together and could be considered one. I dunno.) I understand that not everyone has positive views on tattoos, so feel free...
50/50 movie
Well, hello! A movie about a young adult with cancer. I’ve gotta see this. Who wants to come with me?
