Tag Archives: fuck cancer
don’t think twice, it’s alright
A lot has happened since my last blog post: a hospitalization, a trip to LA to give a TED Talk, a trip to Austin to be a part of my cousin’s baby shower, and another hospitalization which I am in … Continue reading →
epitaph for novelty
If you’ve been following my blog from the beginning, you’ve likely noticed that my posts have become less and less frequent. There is a very singular reason for this. When it comes to writing creative nonfiction, there are two types … Continue reading →
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Tagged blogging, cancer, creative nonfiction, fuck cancer, health, illness, life, living with cancer, melanoma, metastatic cancer, metastatic melanoma, mortality, novelty, stage 4 cancer, stage 4 melanoma, therapy, travel, when breath becomes air, writing
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back in the saddle again
“Angry. Sad. Terrified… The usual suspects. And a few I can’t identify.” That’s how I responded to a text message from my close friend, Aubrie, last Thursday morning. She was texting to see how I was holding up in the … Continue reading →
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Tagged cancer, cancer research, cancer treatment, documentary, fuck cancer, immunotherapy, infusions, ipilimumab, Korea, melanoma, melanoma prognosis, melanoma progression, melanoma recurrence, melanoma treatment, metastatic melanoma, mortality, MRI, nivolumab, scans, skin cancer, stage 4 cancer
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the verdict
Part I – Written in my journal Friday morning… 7/15/16 Today is huge. HUGE. I feel like I’m on my way to a courthouse to be sentenced, knowing that I haven’t done anything wrong but afraid that the jury is … Continue reading →
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Tagged BRAF, BRAF inhibitors, BRAFV600, cancer, cancer treatment, cobimetinib, cotellic, documentary, documentary film, filmmaking, fuck cancer, immunotherapy, ipilimumab, ipilimumab side effects, ipilimumab success, living with cancer, malignant melanoma, MEK inhibitors, melanoma, melanoma prognosis, melanoma progression, melanoma recurrence, melanoma treatment, metastatic melanoma, nivolumab, NYU, NYU Langone, PET scan, photosensitivity, side effects, skin cancer, stage 4 melanoma, stage four cancer, stage four melanoma, targeted therapy, treatment, tumors, vemurafenib, vemurafenib side effects, writing, zelboraf
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A Kick in the Asana
Hey y’all. So, I’m super-duper excited… my first post is up on Cure Magazine’s website. Please share the following link if you’re so inclined!! A Kick in the Asana: How Cancer Made Me a Yoga Person Also, I super-duper promise … Continue reading →
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Sun In The Sky, You Know How I Feel
Here’s the abridged version of what’s happened since my postcard. I was on the Vem/Cobi Combo for exactly three weeks. Since Cobimetinib (The MEK inhibitor) is a three week on, one week off med (like birth control), I was due … Continue reading →
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Tagged blogging, BRAF, BRAF inhibitors, BRAFV600, cancer, cobimetinib, cotellic, dabrafenib, fuck cancer, immunotherapy, ipilimumab, ipilimumab side effects, journalism, malignant melanoma, MEK inhibitors, melanoma, melanoma prognosis, melanoma progression, melanoma treatment, metastatic melanoma, nina simone, NYU Langone, photosensitivity, pura vida, side effects, skin cancer, stage 4 melanoma, stage four melanoma, suicide, sun protection, sunscreen, targeted therapy, thyroid, trametinib, treatment, TSH, vemurafenib, vemurafenib side effects, writing, writing career, zelboraf
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postcard from transylvania
You know that scene in, like, every single vampire movie ever… the one where the undead’s skin catches a sliver of sunlight and spontaneously bursts into flames? Well, that kinda sorta happened to me. I was grateful for the fact … Continue reading →
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Tagged anaphylaxis, BRAF, BRAFV600, cancer, cobimetinib, cotellic, documentary, epipen, filmmaking, fuck cancer, malignant melanoma, melanoma, melanoma prognosis, melanoma progression, melanoma treatment, metastatic melanoma, NYU, NYU Langone, side effects, skin cancer, stage 4 melanoma, stage four melanoma, targeted therapy, treatment, vemurafenib, vemurafenib side effects, zelboraf
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goonies never say die
One of the inevitable questions you are often asked when you are diagnosed with a historically terminal illness is ‘how often and in what capacity do you think about death?’ The question is usually worded more gingerly, or more awkwardly, … Continue reading →
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Tagged anaphylaxis, BRAFV600, cancer, cobimetinib, cotellic, death, fuck cancer, melanoma, melanoma prognosis, melanoma treatment, metastatic melanoma, NYU Langone, photosensitivity, side effects, spirituality, stage 4 melanoma, sun protection, targeted therapy, treatment, vemurafenib, vemurafenib side effects, zelboraf
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bullet points
i’m not much in the mood for writing at the moment. but i know that i must, because i know that my last post scared the bejezus out of a lot of people, and there were still so many unanswered … Continue reading →
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Tagged BRAF, BRAFV600, cancer, dabrafenib, fuck cancer, melanoma, melanoma treatment, metastatic melanoma, NYU Langone, stage 4 melanoma, trametinib, treatment
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the other shoe
I’ve been dreading this. Both for the last few days and for the last fifteen months. It’s back. I rocked up to NYU this last Friday, cameras rolling, dripping with both excitement and apprehension. This time, though – the apprehension … Continue reading →
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Tagged BRAF, BRAFV600, cancer, dabrafenib, documentary film, fuck cancer, immunotherapy, malignant melanoma, melanoma, melanoma progression, melanoma recurrence, metastatic melanoma, NYU, Oncology, stage 4 cancer, stage 4 melanoma, targeted therapy, trametinib, tumors
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Jen vs. Cancer 