I’m a 60+ masters runner documenting my journey with endometrial cancer. When I’m not running, I work with mission-driven non-profit organizations. Otherwise you’ll find me in the kitchen. I love to cook. Home base is Montréal.
Why ‘Running from Hysteria’? This article in The Guardian got me thinking about the gendered overtones of the language we use:
It’s a word with a very female-baiting history, coming from the Latin hystericus (“of the womb”). This was a condition thought to be exclusive to women – sending them uncontrollably and neurotically insane owing to a dysfunction of the uterus (the removal of which is still called a hysterectomy).
The feminisation of madness is crazy,
Gary Nunn, The Guardian
I’m not running from my diagnosis, but perhaps am running from the stereotypical ideas we (including me) have about what it means to be on this journey as a single woman in her 60s.
None of this is medical advice. It’s my way of processing what’s happening, and maybe being a resource if you find yourself on this path.
Running from hysteria 