The Pink Plot

  • Chemo: The Beginning

    Before docs start you up on what is arguably the most powerful man-made drug, they have to first make sure your body has a chance at withstanding it –– they call it the red devil for a reason. Biopsies, bloodwork, ultrasounds, scans, more biopsies . . . The tumor was growing fast and time wasn’t…

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  • My Mother, Natalie

    My mother’s name is Natalie. She’s a mountain that has stood behind me my entire life. Natalie has carried me through storms quietly and relentlessly. The night I came home from my surgery, My mother helped me walk down a very long hallway and the day after, she helped get me up from a very…

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  • Cancer, my new friend.

    It was early afternoon on a November day in 2023, I was at work when I received the phone call. By this time, the lump I felt inside my left breast while in the shower had almost multiplied in size, and I was a few biopsies in, so I guess I had time to mentally…

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  • The 9pm Reminder

    Exactly one hour ago, my iPhone popped up the nightly reminder I set a while back named “Take Hormone Pill.” When it pops up, sometimes I’m really good and I drop everything I’m doing (if I’m home) and sometimes I snooze the reminder for an hour. But when I’m good here’s what I do: I…

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