Cancerpalooza
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
Cancerpalooza Epilogue
. That final post sat on my hard drive for a month in a mangled draft form. It was so hard to find the capacity to give this blog any attention this winter. I burned several years worth of creative energy last year. But for the sake of closure, I need to wrap it up … Continue reading
Weeks 35-42: A post-cancer world (2 of 2)
. Lunch at the hospital was really gross. Suburban Hospital’s kitchen and dining room was much better. I am dismayed that I have formed opinions about the quality of area hospital cafeterias. Trish, as you remember, is going through her second breast cancer reconstruction surgery. There is a digital chart with her name on the … Continue reading
Weeks 25-34: A Post-Cancer World (1 of 2)
. Trish just went into the Operating Room for her (hopefully) final surgery to reconstruct her battered breasts. I gave her a short kiss on the cheek as she was wheeled off. We’re pros at this now, no need for elaborate goodbyes. I sit in the waiting room, with a beeper they gave me in … Continue reading
Tinkerhell’s Best and Worst of Cancerpalooza, Numero Uno
Hi it’s me, Trish. I’ve been meaning to update you all for so very long. But life! Life is getting in the way. Now there is so much to tell and so little time. But I’m a writer, right?
