A year ago today I was getting a biopsy for what seemed almost certain to be breast cancer. I spent Thanksgiving weekend waiting for the results and wondering if I’d be around to celebrate the next one.
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It’s been a heck of a year, but I am very much still here. And I feel pretty great about that.
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At the same time, I am learning that “done with cancer” is not really a thing. There are still a lot of ups and downs, both physical and mental. And trite as it sounds, cancer really does change you.
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I’m finding that I still have a lot to process, both about my experiences over the last year and about what comes next.
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And I’m feeling compelled to write about it, as uncomfortable as that makes me.
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I don’t think Twitter is the outlet for this. The audience is too heterogeneous, and I don’t want “cancer” to be my primary identity here.
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But I’m contemplating other ways of putting some thoughts out in the world, mostly for my own benefit. However folks do that in the year 2021.
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Anyway, solidarity with everyone going through this or any of a million other shitty human things, happy Thanksgiving, and fuck cancer!
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Best wishes to you, Beth. It’s tough, no doubt but you’re in our thoughts.
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