Tag: copingwithcancer
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The Bucket List makes me nervous*
Livingabroadwithcancer
Some reflections on why ticking off some bucket list items i.e., “putting myself out there”, at the moment feels so hard. Slightly disjointed but also honest around how I’m feeling about myself. Read more
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The Anger – Fair, Unjust or just Misunderstood
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I felt a lot of rage after my PET scan today. It was not easy to write about – anger is not something I like to dwell on. So some messy, difficult thoughts on the anger in my life. And some room for improvement in where I direct the anger. Read more
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Thoughts while waiting my PET scan results
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Unstructured thoughts around waiting and trying to find something more with my diangosis. Read more
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Community Posts (May 2023 – December 2025)
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Where to find all the posts I shared in a Whatsapp Community. Read more
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The Closure of the Community
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My final post in the Whatsapp Community and some of the reasoning behind shutting it down. Read more
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The Beginning of the End (of the community)
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All of the posts from 2025. I was struggling a bit with posting – trying to stay upbeat but honest but not too honest. Read more
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Life Continues (2024 posts)
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All my posts from 2024. A bit about my struggle with life continuing on “normally”. Read more
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Back to “Normal” (September – December 2023)
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My posts after the high of the Summer (and my moments of saying yes to everything) – the come down wasn’t easy. Read more
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The First Months (May-June 2023)
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What started as a way to update people, quickly turned into me oversharing all my feelings around my diagnosis. This is the start. Read more
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Coping is a dirty word
Livingabroadwithcancer
I was asked to write about my life – coping with cancer. I was blocked. For a good eight months, I started, I stopped, deleted, started again and stopped again. Finally, it hit me that I really did not like the word ‘coping’. Why, because midst many other thousands of swirling emotions and thoughts –… Read more