Everything happened so suddenly that it sometimes feels like I watched it happen to someone else. CT Aug 21. Met my doctor Aug 27. Pre-op Aug 29. Major surgery Aug 30. Dozens of staples held my gut together until Sept 10. I’ve experienced more pain than I ever thought possible.
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“The normal range of CA 19-9 in the blood of a healthy individual is 0-37 U/mL.” Mine’s at 5,000 U/mL. I still don’t have my pathology report. I still don’t know what comes next, except to say that I feel like I’m 100% strong and that I’m also 100% terrified.
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My last day at work was exactly a month ago, on Aug 28. I recorded a story that I’d worked on for months. I felt like this story, about a little boy detained at the MVM offices, might be the last story I would ever get to tell. Here’s the trailer: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/reveal/id886009669?mt=2#episodeGuid=prx_149_11c7fee5-997d-4295-932a-2ddcad3999a6 …pic.twitter.com/sL3t7eQ2uq
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I’m grateful to have amazing co-workers, friends, and family that are seeing me through this. I’m not asking for flowers, meals, and/or donations. Please save that kindness for people who are truly in need. For now, all I really want are your good thoughts and prayers.
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The next time someone tries to tell you that the media is the enemy of the people, think back on my thread. I’m a reporter. And every reporter I know would do the same exact thing: fight to the very end to tell an important story, 100% strong and 100% terrified at the same time.
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I was diagnosed with cancer one week ago. I start chemo Wednesday. Like our ancestors, sometimes we fight battles to quell invasions. Happy Indigenous Peoples Day to us. We’re still here. We’re still here. We’re still here.
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Completed my second weekly chemo day today. Still learning what this stuff does, and how my body responds. I don’t know how often, and I don’t know how much I’ll share, but I’m going to keep tweeting about cancer. For you, and for me.
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2 in 5 people will get cancer. It could be you, reading this on Twitter. It’s scary. Part of that fear is stigma. For all the love and support I have, many people ignore me now, as if we were never friends. If this society is good at one thing, it’s at abandoning the vulnerable.
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We don’t know how to talk about cancer beyond a banal ribbon. Or as if it’s “a journey.” Or as if it’s “a war.” It burdens me that I don’t really don’t identify with these things. Aside from slogans, cancer is whispered. It’s hidden. But I don’t intend to be quiet about mine.
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Replying to @aurabogado
I’m 8 years cancer-free this month, and it still drives me up the wall when people call me “brave.” We have one way to talk about cancer, and if you, the person with that, don’t relate to that people get very uncomfortable.
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8 years tho. So happy for you!!!
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