Tina CarterAug 30, 20232 min readOverloadedThere will be times in Cancerworld when you will feel totally overwhelmed. No matter how educated, high functioning, laid back, we are...
Tina CarterAug 24, 20232 min readAdjustingWhen we get diagnosed with cancer everything kind of gets turned upside down. Instantly, within the span of a sentence, what came to us...
Tina CarterAug 14, 20232 min readDoomWe are susceptible to fits of doom. They say not to wait until someone's funeral to say nice things about them. (It's okay to mention...
Tina CarterAug 11, 20231 min readMovingThere will be many days when doing nothing seems like the absolute only choice. And, while we hope we don't have many of those days we...
Tina CarterAug 10, 20232 min readPortsPorts are a surgical device placed in your chest by a surgeon that allows chemo to be delivered direct to a vein. This allows consistent...
Tina CarterAug 4, 20232 min readHydrationWhen you get cancer, folks offer all kinds of (sometimes wacky) advice. So I offer the following observation (dude, it's not advice,...
Tina CarterAug 3, 20232 min readHelpWhen you enter cancerworld, things change. Even if you consider your cancerworld experience "easy" or your travel short, things change. ...
Tina CarterJul 26, 20232 min readGooglingWe all know that when we are diagnosed we crave more information (or re-assurance). That is normal. And when health professionals advise...
Tina CarterJul 20, 20231 min readAdviceSometimes people say incredibly insensitive, stupid, or hurtful things in a weird attempt to "comfort" us (or themselves?). The best...