Breast Cancer
Week 5: Down the black hole
“How in hell does Bethesda support so many mediocre restaurants?” I think as I cross Montgomery Avenue on a sunny day. It’s like a tourist trap, but the locals are the tourists! A Twilight Zone episode. I’ve got the day off of work to take care of some appointments. It’s almost been two weeks since … Continue reading
Trish, Cockroaches and Keith Richards
Over my shoulder the sun is breaking up the clouds above the Arenal Volcano. It’s day nine of our (nearly) two-week trip to Costa Rica, It’s been a blast. Hummingbirds are so close you can hear their wings beating. The kids went back to our lodge cabin after a delicious breakfast. In the open air … Continue reading
Diagnosis and Treatment for Trish’s 3rd fight with breast cancer
Trish discovered the newest lump in early March as we were doing our presentation at SXSW in Austin Texas. Sadly, and ironically, that presentation was on crowdsourcing cancer support and drew heavily on our last experience with cancer in 2010. I flippantly dismissed the lump in her right neck-shoulder as an inflammation. But Trisha worried … Continue reading
Cancerpalooza, Live On Stage! At SXSW
Last fall (2011) Trish put in an application to SXSW, the premiere interactive media conference, and they selected us to present a session entitled ‘Crowdsourcing Cancer Support: A Love Story.’ Well, we just came back, and it was a fantastic experience. There is a lot social media and crowd-sourcing techniques can do for cancer support – particularly … Continue reading
2010 Cancerpalooza Extravaganza
So much fun, you’ll want cancer too. Cancer sucks. Cancer the second time sucks a lot worse. What’s a girl to do? She throws parties, glams like a movie star, treats the kids to endless fun, and suffers through the horror with life-affirming verve and snarky indignance at the nasty disease. She makes it … Continue reading
