Assumptions
What we could do in the past is not a good indicator of what we can do in the present. While you may have been able to plan, plant, and...
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Tina Carter
Jul 241 min
Effort
When you are in Cancerworld things are harder. Who knows if that is because we are emotionally overwhelmed, or because we are exhausted,...
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Tina Carter
Jul 182 min
Hospice
For far too many of us hospice seems like a place of despair. For far too many of us the word "hospice" is synonymous with "giving up." ...
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Tina Carter
Jun 52 min
Recovering
Having new experiences is amazing. Going to new places. Diving into new activities. These are the things that keep life interesting...
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Tina Carter
Apr 282 min
Regret
We have to make many decisions quickly. Those circumstances can lead us to question our decisions. I have run into many cancerworld...
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Tina Carter
Dec 6, 20231 min
Breathing
I am always amazed at how often I have caught myself holding my breath in the midst some cancerworld challenge. Like I literally have...
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Tina Carter
Nov 29, 20231 min
Irritation
Because we are dealing with pain and trauma and uncertainty, we may find ourselves more irritated than normal. And at things that used to...
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Tina Carter
Nov 22, 20231 min
Competition
Sometimes fellow travelers in cancerworld (and “friends who have never touched this land) will try and turn your cancerworld travels into...
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Tina Carter
Nov 22, 20231 min
Pause
In the biopsy room of a cancer center there is a poster that is addressed to patients. It says, “you can say, ‘stop.’” During a biopsy...
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Tina Carter
Nov 15, 20231 min
F&@K Resilience
One day I was sitting in the cancerworld waiting room with other travelers. It was crowded. A nurse came into the room and in a loud...
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Tina Carter
Nov 8, 20232 min
Adjusting
When we get diagnosed with cancer everything kind of gets turned upside down. Instantly, within the span of a sentence, what came to us...
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Tina Carter
Nov 1, 20231 min
Smiling
It may feel counterintuitive to include a note about smiling in a cancerworld document. Seriously, what is there to smile about in this...
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Tina Carter
Oct 25, 20232 min
Caring Circles
When we enter cancerworld we may not have thought about "caring circles." The idea of a caring circle is that care moves from the...
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Tina Carter
Oct 19, 20231 min
Second Opinion
When you enter cancerworld everything seems to speed up. (Except the time between when the scan is done and when you get the results of a...
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Tina Carter
Oct 12, 20231 min
Now
I had a friend who had small children and was living with stage 4 colon cancer. She adopted the life motto: "we don't wait." She knew...
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Tina Carter
Oct 4, 20232 min
Deflecting?
There are times when we are traveling through cancerworld when folks say things that are...kinda stupid. And while we can easily...
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Tina Carter
Sep 27, 20233 min
Energy
Christine Miserandino, on her blog, https://butyoudontlooksick.com/ developed spoon theory to help explain how persons with chronic...
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Tina Carter
Sep 20, 20232 min
Cancertunity
When you are tossed into Cancerworld there are virtually no benefits. Like most folks would not want to trade places with you. (I am...
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Tina Carter
Sep 13, 20232 min
Anxiety about Scans
The term "scanxiety" is used to describe the particular stress that occurs for cancerworld residents as they await the results of a scan....
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Tina Carter
Sep 6, 20231 min
Neuropathy and socks
In cancerworld some small things can bring deep comfort. For many of us, good socks are one of those comforting things. Aloe infused...
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