Tag Archives: ovarian cancer

Oncology at the Gym

Posted on February 21, 2018 by susanmsink@gmail.com

It has been a long, cold winter. We would have liked significantly more snow than we received, and significantly fewer days below zero. But now I’ve set up my first tray of seeds: leeks, red onions and garlic, on the … Continue reading →

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Women and Cancer

Posted on October 7, 2017 by susanmsink@gmail.com

OK, enough with the pause (haha), I have something on my mind and some time to say it. This morning I was reading a blog by a friend who just had her last (16th) chemotherapy treatment for cancer. She lives … Continue reading →

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Good Health

Posted on July 17, 2017 by susanmsink@gmail.com

I just read a piece by Sherman Alexie giving his reason for halting a book tour for a memoir about his mother. She has been haunting him in his hotel rooms. In the piece, he says: “I don’t believe in … Continue reading →

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My Tribe

Posted on June 6, 2017 by susanmsink@gmail.com

    I just returned from my college reunion. It was wonderful to be back in Grinnell, Iowa, with my tribe. I knew some of those in attendance back in college, but I’ve developed many more relationships with people in our … Continue reading →

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Hard vs. Impossible

Posted on April 22, 2017 by susanmsink@gmail.com

This spring is hard. But last spring during chemo was impossible. I’m always overwhelmed in the spring, although the self-talk helps me realize it is early and I can take it bed-by-bed until the garden is planted. Right now it’s … Continue reading →

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On Time… More

Posted on March 23, 2017 by susanmsink@gmail.com

I just finished reading Elizabeth Alexander’s wonderful memoir The Light of the World. Most people know Alexander as the poet who wrote/read the poem “Praise Song for the Day” at President Obama’s 2009 inauguration. I met Elizabeth only briefly, through the poet Kevin Young, when she … Continue reading →

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One Year Ago…

Posted on February 20, 2017 by susanmsink@gmail.com

Facebook let me know that today was a big anniversary: one year from the official diagnosis. I decided to go back and read some of those early entries in the blog. The entries interested me much less than the comments … Continue reading →

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Survivorship

Posted on December 8, 2016 by susanmsink@gmail.com

I’ve been desperate for a book. Not any book, but the book, written for me and where I am now. So when another cancer survivor friend recommended Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why by Laurence Gonzales, I leapt at it. I … Continue reading →

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Secret Music

Posted on December 3, 2016 by susanmsink@gmail.com

I have good news. Very good news. I have finished my cancer treatment. It consisted of eighteen weeks of chemotherapy beginning March 1 and ending July 6. Major abdominal “debulking” surgery on September 7 and six more weeks of chemotherapy that … Continue reading →

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Fragility 2

Posted on November 19, 2016 by susanmsink@gmail.com

All day today I’ve been grappling. I guess I’ve been grappling for a week now. Finally I stood still and formed the question I’m grappling with: “How long after the last treatment do you know it’s the last treatment?” I’m … Continue reading →

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